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Elon Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 1 week ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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Elon Musk said SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately” because of threats by Donald Trump to cancel government contracts with Musk’s businesses.
Musk’s announcement on his social media site X escalated a war of words with Trump that began after the Tesla CEO criticized the major tax bill being pushed by the Republican president.
A SpaceX Dragon capsule brought two NASA astronauts back to Earth in March after they were stranded for months at the International Space Station by a Boeing Starliner capsule.

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[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 211 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And this is why billionaires should not control vital resources

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

But they always do.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 101 points 1 week ago (14 children)

I think I’d laugh myself unconscious if Trump nationalized Space X.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Not likely, Trump is pro privatization.

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

He'll just flog it to someone more compliant.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is the end of manned space flight for the USA. Thanks MAGAts.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Blue Origin will have us doing it again. They truly are the tortoise of the race.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah, let's get the other billionaire idiot on the payroll so he can get Katy Perry to the ISS.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Blue Origin has used FAR less government money than SpaceX. That's one of the reason they sell those trips. You have to pay for things somehow.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

I mean, SpaceX has a lot more government contacts, because you know, they have working orbital vehicles...

Edit: I deleted my other post because I was mostly wrong. I didn't realize New Glen has actually launched once. Good on them for achieving orbit.

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[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Have they even achieved orbit?

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Not yet

Edit: Turns out I was wrong. Their craft that was supposed to make it to orbit made it on its first attempt. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-launches-massive-new-glenn-rocket-into-orbit-on-1st-flight-video

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's a load bearing "yet"

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Oops, I was wrong. They made it on their first attempt at it. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-launches-massive-new-glenn-rocket-into-orbit-on-1st-flight-video

[–] assembly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Damn that made me laugh.

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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Lol, they're the stuffed tortoise of the race.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago

Is he promising to leave the former US?

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 19 points 1 week ago

By launching it?

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