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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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[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 12 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Going to Mars is a fucking great idea.

And frankly SpaceXs rapid testing isn’t a big deal. It’s lead to decent results.

Musks sucks, but SpaceX isn’t why.

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[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago

Is he promising to leave the former US?

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 19 points 1 week ago

By launching it?

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What if this is some 4d chess move to give more funding to NASA?

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Didn’t they just cut a shitload from nasa like 2 days ago?

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