KEY POINTS

  • 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.
  • FreakinSteve@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    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

  • stupidcasey@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Why do I feel like the entire government is based off a 2yo building a house of cards with his bully from school.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Dominance of this country is being fought over by a couple of petty 12 year old tyrants. It’s like a version of that Twilight Zone where the powerful kid is surrounded by people trying not to upset him, except the kids are drug-addled and senile.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      The SpaceX that got 3 billion dollars to get us to Mars and didn’t get beyond blowing up a banana over the Indian ocean, that one yes