No, there is no verified evidence that Walt Disney and "the person who started NASA" were friends.

EVIDENCE — NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 29, 1958 (operational October 1, 1958), succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). Its first administrator was T. Keith Glennan (president of Case Institute of Technology), and first deputy administrator was Hugh L. Dryden (NACA director).123 No single individual "started" NASA; it was a congressional and presidential creation.4 Walt Disney collaborated professionally with Wernher von Braun (Army Ballistic Missile Agency rocket engineer, later NASA Marshall Space Flight Center director in 1960) on three 1950s TV specials ("Man in Space," etc.) to promote space travel, including a 1954 visit and 1965 NASA tour invitation from von Braun. They are described as collaborators or professional associates, not personal friends; NASA states Disney had "no connections" to the agency itself.54 Unverified social media claims of Disney meeting Glennan in 1959 exist but lack primary sourcing and do not indicate friendship; no evidence for Dryden. Conflicting social media memes falsely call Disney/von Braun "NASA founders," debunked repeatedly.46

CREDIBILITY — 9/10. High confidence in NASA origins from official histories; low for friendship claim due to absence of evidence despite extensive searches.

BIAS — CENTER (sources: NASA.gov [2023-2024], Reuters [May 29, 2024], AFP Fact Check [May 21, 2024]).