Posted on 06/05/2025 2:02:31 PM PDT by thegagline
Elon Musk on Thursday said that his company SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft “immediately” because of threats by President Donald Trump to cancel government contracts with Musk’s businesses.
Musk’s announcement, on his social media site X, came amid an escalating war of words with Trump that began after the Tesla CEO criticized the major tax bill being pushed by the Republican president.
“In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately,” Musk wrote. Dragon is the only U.S. option for delivering crew to and from the International Space Station. A Dragon capsule brought NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth in March after the pair were stranded for months at the ISS by a Boeing Starliner capsule. SpaceX is one of the biggest federal contractors. Since 2008, SpaceX has received more than $20 billion in contracts from NASA, the Air Force and other agencies. According to SpaceX’s website, “The Dragon spacecraft is capable of carrying up to 7 passengers to and from Earth orbit, and beyond.” “It is the only spacecraft currently flying that is capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth, and is the first private spacecraft to take humans to the space station,” the company says. SpaceX has been developing a replacement for Dragon.
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“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,” Trump booms from a speakerphone. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”
No.
I think if the Epstein Island thing about Trump is false, Musk might just get sued for about $100 billion. Or more.
This isn’t theatre; it’s human folly. Especially on Trump’s part, who possesses a genius for self-harm. I realize Musk is trying to rescue his business interests, but Trump is laying it all on the line to rescue flawed legislation that solid conservatives find deeply objectionable.
Remember Trump said Hillary was a good person....
kabuke... elon’s time as temp is over... trump ends subsidies for space... nasa cannot pick up the slack, trump ends nasa and elon rides in even stronger...
not worried about strong words.
only one God and he didnt clash with Himself. Lucifer sure did though.
The government has powers to ensure national security is not harmed. Trump is not afraid to use it.
>>”My hope that a Trump/Vance 12 year period that would go a long way toward helping to fix the federal government, and America in general, is on it’s way to crumbling.”
My advice? Stop the pearl clutching. This little dustup will end up being nothing more than a little blip in the grand scheme of things.
I take it you haven’t been here long.
Trump is a speed bump, thats all. We will end up living in an Orwellian totalitarian society. It appears to be inevitable.
If it looks like Elon is against the Donald, will libs go back to buying Teslas? Asking for a friend.
“If Trump wants to cancel SpaceX contracts, who is he going to get to launch US government payloads?”
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A small detail in the battle between egos.
How am I supposed to know? The President publicly ordered them released. Pam Bondi initially released some stuff, and then people pointed out everything she released was a big nothing.
Then she said she found out that the Southern District of New York was holding back a mountain of evidence, and had not sent it to her. She ordered them to expedite it getting to her, but last I heard there were perhaps 10s of thousands of videos involved, and court cases are being built around this evidence.
I've also read allegations that Epstein Island was an Israeli Mossad operation, and so there may be some geo-political National security stuff involved here.
I don't know what is going on with these Epstein files, but on the list of things I worry about, it is probably around item number 35.
But accusing Trump of being an Epstein Island pedophile, and making this accusation because you are mad, and not because you have evidence of it?
That's just stupid. I think Elon has gotten so used to getting everything he wants, that he stepped over a line here.
Brings to mind:
https://www.latimes.com/world/la-on-divorce12-2008oct12-story.html
who is going to deescalate this?????????????
I am just sick over it. Musk did so many great things to help our country and now everything is getting trashed
Maybe it’s an AI created fight ,LOL
Two giant egos, it was only a matter of time, faint echo of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson’s feuding friendship.
Yeah. It seems like theater. A full blown fallout in one week? Did someone forget to call after the last date? 😀
yep.
At least the meaningful files. They might release the crap.
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