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

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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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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Money is political and economic power. You CANNOT have one without the other.

[-] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago

doesn't need to be

go get money out of politics

remove citizens united and all that

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

That won't end corruption

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

There is no magic system that will allow us all to live in a world where we don't have to be ever vigilant against corruption. That will ALWAYS be the price of freedom. FOREVER. But we can make it easier on ourselves. Good laws can't solve all our problems, but they can keep them manageable.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Good laws, like capping personal wealth?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

then work harder against corruption

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

by removing billionaires

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

by making sure they cant spend their money on stuff their not supposed to, like buying politicians

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