KEY POINTS

  • 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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[–] 211 points 1 year ago (13 children)

And this is why billionaires should not control vital resources

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    [–] 100 points 1 year ago (16 children)

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

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    [–] 69 points 1 year ago (23 children)

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

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (22 children)

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

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  • [–] 57 points 1 year ago (12 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (9 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.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Have they even achieved orbit?

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do it, bring back NASA into full force and increase their budget.

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    WE'RE NOT GOING TO MARS, YOU FUCKING NAZI ASSCLOWN. IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA.

    NASA HAS LAUNCHED MANY ROCKETS FOR MANY DECADES. YOU BLOW SHIT UP BECAUSE YOU THINK THE RULES OF PHYSICS AND MECHANICS DONT APPLY TO YOU.

    EVERYTHING WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU WERE DEPORTED TO A BLACK SITE.

    FUCK YOU, ELMO

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    [–] 26 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Why do I feel like the entire government is based off a 2yo building a house of cards with his bully from school.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    Is he promising to leave the former US?

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Dominance of this country is being fought over by a couple of petty 12 year old tyrants. It’s like a version of that Twilight Zone where the powerful kid is surrounded by people trying not to upset him, except the kids are drug-addled and senile.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    By launching it?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    What’s the threat here? If you don’t give me money then I won’t spend it?

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