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One of Musk's buddies, billionaire Jared Isaacman, who has flown twice to space with SpaceX, is President Trump's nominee to become the next head of NASA.

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[–] MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He did this because an hour earlier a previous commander and astronaut critized him.

Cry-baby-in-chief then made this post as part of his tantrum.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago

And also called the commander an idiot.. He's completely lost what little mind he once had.

[–] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

The ISS was already scheduled to come down in 2030, this is just stupid postering because musk is a little baby as well

[–] PatTheBunny@midwest.social 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Does the US actually 'own' the ISS enough to do that? I thought it was internationally run

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, NASA is cooperatively invested with the European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos (Russia).

There is a legal framework that covers all this. Whether dipshit Donnie and fElon and their lapdog government acknowledge that is another matter entirely.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The area with thrusters is owned by the Russians. They couldn't deorbit without their help anyway.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Guessing that fElon would rush-job the Dragon deorbit capsule SpaceX is developing. Which would probably end up with the ISS cratering in a populated area.

[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Too nice for him.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Fuck Elon Musk.