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Peacetrain

(24,286 posts) Thu Jun 5, 2025, 04:33 PM Jun 2025

Musk is threatening to decommission the DRAGON spacecraft.. the only spacecraft we have now to move astronauts [View all]

to the space station...

https://news.yahoo.com/news/spacex-decommission-dragon-spacecraft-musk-204603634.html

This is getting hotter and hotter

&quot Reuters) -Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately, the billionaire said on Thursday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's statement that the government should cancel Musk's federal contracts."

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Musk is threatening to decommission the DRAGON spacecraft.. the only spacecraft we have now to move astronauts [View all] Peacetrain Jun 2025 OP

US is totally at fault. Gave a known psychopath drug addict too much power and govt contracts. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #1

My head is spinning right now.. Peacetrain Jun 2025 #2

I know, it is a real shit storm. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #8

Who's idea was it to privatize NASA? Emile Jun 2025 #3

What?!?!?! You meand there's a DOWNSIDE to privatizing governmental functions?!?!?!? Coventina Jun 2025 #4

Came to say the exact same thing. Self deleted when I saw you said it already! Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #6

Could not believe what I was reading Peacetrain Jun 2025 #11

Some right winger somewhere... they always think they can do it better Peacetrain Jun 2025 #9

+1 orangecrush Jun 2025 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #5

One more reason to keep Boeing's ship going. tinrobot Jun 2025 #7

I believe the government has mechanisms to prevent Johonny Jun 2025 #10

I wonder if they have any idea what they are doing right now... Peacetrain Jun 2025 #12

Because I hate both equally I would love it if tRump nationalized all of Musk's space cowboy shit ImNotGod Jun 2025 #13

I'm fine nationalizing SpaceX. TommyT139 Jun 2025 #14

IMO, this shows that we should not be letting a private company control so much key infrastructure ecstatic Jun 2025 #15

Is he going to release the Kraken simultaneously? Ping Tung Jun 2025 #16