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submitted 1 month 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 68 points 1 month ago (23 children)

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

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (22 children)

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

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Have they even achieved orbit?

[–] urda@lebowski.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, NG-1 was orbital

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

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