Gabe Newell Asked Musk for a Kojima SpaceX Tour

gabe newell asked Elon Musk to give Hideo Kojima a SpaceX tour more than 7 years ago. The request was made on Kojima’s behalf because he was talking about how much he wants to go into space.

April 24 exhibit list

The emails surfaced in the amended joint exhibit list filed on April 24 in the Musk v. Altman lawsuit. That puts a private favor between a Valve boss, a Tesla and SpaceX chief, and a game creator into the court record.

Kojima and SpaceX

The filing matters because it shows the request was not a casual aside. Newell asked Musk himself, and the detail now sits in a legal dispute that also involves OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and OpenAI itself.

The timeline is older than the lawsuit. The first complaint in August 2024 alleged that Altman assured Musk about OpenAI’s non-profit structure, while the Kojima email came from years before that fight reached court.

The practical takeaway for readers is simple: the newly public record does not show a SpaceX tour actually happened. It shows that Newell tried to make it happen for Kojima, and that the email only became visible after the lawsuit filings opened up the exchange.