SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to be decommissioned?

telcodad

The current feud between Trump and Musk exploded today, with them publicly trading insults on their respective social media platforms, Truth Social and X.

After Trump’s earlier Truth Social post that said terminating Musk’s government contracts would be the “easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars.” Musk then said in a post on X that SpaceX “will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately” if the government will be terminating his contracts and subsidies:

Elon Musk says he’ll ‘decommission’ SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft after Trump threatens his businesses
By Kelsey Vlamis, Business Insider - June 5, 2025
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-decommission-dragon-ship-trump-threat-2025-6

Elon Musk said SpaceX will decommission its Dragon spacecraft immediately amid his feud with Trump.
The announcement came after Trump said canceling Musk’s government contracts would save money.
SpaceX’s Dragon ships are used in NASA missions to the International Space Station.

Elon Musk’s feud with President Donald Trump has officially reached orbit. Musk said in a post on X Thursday that SpaceX “will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately” in light of Trump’s statement about possibly canceling the billionaire’s government contracts and subsidies.

SpaceX’s Dragon spaceships are used to transport NASA astronauts and supplies to and from the International Space Station. ….

HardlyWorthit

time for popcorn, and maybe tacos and salsa

telcodad

Elon Musk’s Big “Dragon” Warning After Trump Threat, Then A U-Turn
The clash comes less than a week since Mr Trump held a grand Oval Office farewell for Mr Musk as he wrapped up his time leading the cost-cutting DOGE.
Liu Chuen Chen, NDTV World - June 6, 2025 08:09 am IST
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musk-spacex-big-dragon-warning-nasa-after-us-president-donald-trump-threat-then-a-u-turn-fight-spending-bill-8599967

Billionaire Elon Musk, who has been publicly feuding with US President Donald Trump, on Friday announced the immediate “decommissioning” of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft that is used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), only to backtrack a few hours later, saying he is with “Team America”. ….

HardlyWorthit

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/05/elon-musk-spacex-dragon-trump

broknsymetry

https://broadbandbulletin.com/d/3574-spacexs-dragon-spacecraft-to-be-decommissioned

HardlyWorthit

broknsymetry
Mea culpa, posted in wrong forum

telcodad

Elon Musk’s Big “Dragon” Warning After Trump Threat, Then A U-Turn
Liu Chuen Chen, NDTV World - June 6, 2025 08:09 am IST
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musk-spacex-big-dragon-warning-nasa-after-us-president-donald-trump-threat-then-a-u-turn-fight-spending-bill-8599967

telcodad

From: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/day-after-blistering-exchange-trump-calls-elon-musk/story?id=122567621

Just hours after accusing Trump, without evidence, of appearing in the Epstein files, Musk showed some signs of trying to soften his tone – even appearing to agree with a post on X calling for the two to “make peace.” The first sign Musk was starting to walk things back came thanks to an account with just over 141 followers on X who suggested to “cool off” and “take a step back.”

The post from the seemingly random user led Musk to reverse his threat to decommission the spacecraft used to transport astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station, a threat Musk had made just hours earlier.

“Good advice,” Musk responded to the user. “Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon.”

telcodad

NASA, Pentagon push for SpaceX alternatives amid Trump’s feud with Musk
The fight between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk highlights the government’s outsize dependence on a single company for missions.
The Washington Post - June 7, 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/07/trump-musk-spacex-nasa-national-security/

NASA and Pentagon officials moved swiftly this past week to urge competitors to Elon Musk’s SpaceX to more quickly develop alternative rockets and spacecraft after President Donald Trump threatened to cancel Space X’s contracts and Musk’s defiant response.

Government officials were especially stunned after Musk responded to Trump with a salvo of his own: SpaceX would stop flying its Dragon spacecraft, a move that would leave the space agency with no way to transport its astronauts to the International Space Station. ….

px_eliezer_

telcodad Government officials were especially stunned after Musk responded to Trump with a salvo of his own: SpaceX would stop flying its Dragon spacecraft, a move that would leave the space agency with no way to transport its astronauts to the International Space Station. ….

That would have been especially stupid, no one would every trust ANY of Musk’s companies again.

This is a Twilight Zone world now.

We are living in a world where the president is the counterpart of Mayor Quimby from the Simpsons, and the tech billionaire is the counterpart of Montgomery Burns from the same show.

wdunwoody

px_eliezer_ - …a friend of mine suggested that Musk and Trump were acting and fighting like 5 years olds. I suggested that 5 year olds could do better!

Sparkchaser

px_eliezer_ no one would every trust ANY of Musk’s companies again.

What’s very concerning is, he has a couple of companies that are useful, SpaceX and Starlink. We knew he was strange but his actions and the reports of drug use is very troubling.

px_eliezer_

Sparkchaser What’s very concerning is, he has a couple of companies that are useful, SpaceX and Starlink.

It would be a hoot if he took some of his billions and billions of dollars, to buy Fox News.

Could be interesting revenge.