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In 2006, Musk was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.
This misidentifies the institution. The official National Academies source lists Musk on the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Research Council/National Academies, not as a member of the National Academy of Sciences itself.
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The cited National Academies source does show Elon Musk serving on the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board in 2006, but it does not make him a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
In the front matter of the 2006 National Academies report Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion, Musk is listed under “AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ENGINEERING BOARD” within a report issued by the National Research Council of the National Academies. Separately, the report explains that the National Academy of Sciences is a distinct honorific academy with its own elected membership.
The current official ASEB page likewise identifies the board as part of the National Academies, not as the NAS itself. So the article’s wording conflates a board appointment within the National Academies system with membership in the National Academy of Sciences, which is a different and much more specific status.
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- Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion (Front Matter)
The report is issued by the National Research Council of the National Academies, and under 'AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ENGINEERING BOARD' it lists 'ELON MUSK, Space Exploration Development Corporation.' The same front matter separately describes the National Academy of Sciences as a distinct academy.
- Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB)
The official page identifies ASEB as a National Academies board: 'The Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) was established in 1967...' under the National Academies, not the National Academy of Sciences itself.