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submitted 3 days 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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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What if this is some 4d chess move to give more funding to NASA?

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Didn’t they just cut a shitload from nasa like 2 days ago?

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Yep, but when did Elon started turning on Trump? Not sure about the timeline of these events

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

You mean... By Musk? Yikes... Does anyone have to answer that? Are you new to this reality?