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submitted 3 weeks 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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[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 69 points 3 weeks ago (23 children)

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

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (22 children)

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

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 58 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

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

[–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That would be some fireworks

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Make 'em go, “Ah, ah, ah”

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