Trump and Musk are feuding, and NASA and the Pentagon could be among the casualties.
Trump is arguing with Musk, and Musk is threatening to deprive NASA of access to SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. This would be an unexpected and significant blow to NASA. The feud between Trump and Musk is unfolding on the social media platform X. Initially, Trump threatened Musk with the cancellation of all federal contracts. Considering SpaceX’s importance to numerous government programs, https://xrust.ru/ writes, it becomes clear that such a move could harm NASA and the Pentagon. Intelligence agencies would also be affected as collateral damage.
A few hours after making the threat, Musk softened his stance, responding to a post on X by saying he needed to calm down and reconsider: “Alright, we won’t retire the Dragon spacecraft.” Over the years, SpaceX has become a critical contractor, launching payloads essential to national security, such as satellites for missile warning, combat communications, and precision targeting systems.
However, Musk’s decision to reconsider came after a jab from Trump: “The easiest way to save money in our budget—billions and billions of dollars—is to stop government subsidies and contracts for Elon,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “I’ve always wondered why Biden hasn’t done this!”
Musk soon retaliated by writing that, as a result, SpaceX would “immediately begin retiring its Dragon spacecraft.” If SpaceX follows through with this, it would leave NASA without the ability to send astronauts to the ISS from U.S. soil. However, NASA occasionally collaborates with Russia, which uses its Soyuz spacecraft to transport astronauts to the space station.
In any case, both of them need to calm down.
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