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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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[–] Womble@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Falcon9 bring the cost of launching something to LEO down by an order of magnitude?

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Plus without SpaceX, our only ride to space would be the Soyuz

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ariane would like a word.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ariane has an astronaut ferry and reentry vehicle? That's news to me. Also: they're more than 2x as expensive per kg to orbit.

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