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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] 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've been saying for years that it needs to be nationalized. And this is a really good time to do so; Elon is showing that him being in charge is a national security risk.

But Trump 100% doesn't have the guts to do it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

That's the CO part of the TACO