US govt made SpaceX 'kidnap' seals twice: Elon Musk

Billionaire Elon Musk alleged US government regulators forced SpaceX to "kidnap seals twice" for a compliance experiment. Musk shared an X post alleging SpaceX was made to conduct an experiment to see how sonic booms from Starship launches might affect seals. SpaceX put earphones on seals and played sonic boom sounds to see if they "seemed upset", Musk said.