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submitted 1 week 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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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 100 points 1 week ago (16 children)

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

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

He'll just flog it to someone more compliant.

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