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submitted 3 days 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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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I mean, SpaceX has a lot more government contacts, because you know, they have working orbital vehicles...

Edit: I deleted my other post because I was mostly wrong. I didn't realize New Glen has actually launched once. Good on them for achieving orbit.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They had way more government funding to get to the point Blue Origin is at. I'm not just talking about right now. That would be silly.