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Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat [View all]

Source: CNBC

Published Thu, Jun 5 2025 4:16 PM EDT | Updated 6 Min Ago

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.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/05/musk-trump-spacex-dragon-nasa.html

Unless Boeing gets their shit together, there are only 2 entities that can fly to and dock at the ISS - him or Russia.

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Published Thu, Jun 5 20254:16 PM EDT | Updated 2 Min Ago

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.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule brought NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth in March after the pair were stranded for months at the International Space Station by a Boeing Starliner capsule.

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Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 5 OP

this is like watching a manic tennis match C_U_L8R Jun 5 #1

more like spoilt brats having a temper tantrum. AllaN01Bear Jun 5 #29

Is THAT why Thump is being nice to Russia?? nitpicked Jun 5 #2

During Trump 1.0 Putin patted him on the head and said, "Who's a good boy?" LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 5 #18

Or more likely Putin is still playing TACO tRump, only in a different way. groundloop Jun 5 #30

shithole will sic DOJ & AG Bondi on elon........... Lovie777 Jun 5 #3

Yes, but Musk has the money and connections to hold them off, speak easy Jun 5 #4

And gods know what data his tech babies gathered all Trump & 'all the president's men' Attilatheblond Jun 5 #27

This is why the shuttle program should have never been cancelled. Though it appears that Putin has been more reliable question everything Jun 5 #5

TACO. Musk is betting on TACO. speak easy Jun 5 #8

The shuttle was fragile delivery system. Wifes husband Jun 5 #17

And this is why..... Mustellus Jun 5 #6

Isn't Dragon how they launch Starlink? RussBLib Jun 5 #7

Oops RussBLib Jun 5 #9

Artemis (to the Moon) uses Dragon as a resupply ship, and "Starship" - the one that keeps blowing up muriel_volestrangler Jun 5 #14

Dragon is actually a crew capsule (that has its own independent stuff) BumRushDaShow Jun 5 #16

No, Falcon is how they launch Starlink. speak easy Jun 5 #11

Cargo Dragon is the freighter BidenRocks Jun 5 #38

Are SpaceX and Starlink costing Musk more than they are earning? If so it could just be an excuse to ditch them. cstanleytech Jun 5 #41

This is going to be akin to watching a couple of ... Tarzanrock Jun 5 #10

... Javaman Jun 5 #12

Who's "abandoning astronauts in space" now, Taco Trump? muriel_volestrangler Jun 5 #13

Great. He's all about space but wants to fuck over our astronauts. paulkienitz Jun 5 #15

Simply put, BidenRocks Jun 5 #19

Knowing shithole, he might easily contract with Russia IronLionZion Jun 5 #20

the muskrat can also turn off starlink to any location at any time at his ketamine/psychedelic whim. erronis Jun 5 #21

...a sudden late night disconnection, immediately following a nasty post about Musk on Truth Social leaves the White EastBayGuy Jun 5 #35

And putler launches supersonic nukes... Justice matters. Jun 5 #37

Exactly why a bunch of flaky narcissists shouldn't be the ones running our manned space program LT Barclay Jun 5 #22

M'kay. dchill Jun 5 #23

Can't rely on private contractors Puppyjive Jun 5 #24

Damned Straight. Before long our space exploration will be a thing of the past. groundloop Jun 5 #31

EXACTLY! Raven123 Jun 5 #33

Yeah but think of the efficiency IronLionZion Jun 5 #34

Is it costing him more money than it's earning? Because that's what I'm leaning towards being the real reason. cstanleytech Jun 5 #25

The enemy of my enemy... COL Mustard Jun 5 #26

My thinking is, that: DENVERPOPS Jun 5 #28

See, that's why NASA never should have been privatized. ananda Jun 5 #32

This is what happens when NASA gets privatized. PSPS Jun 5 #36

Boeing blew it! BidenRocks Jun 5 #39

Military intervention now! Canada Kid Jun 5 #40

Sputnik was launched. America freaked out. BadgerMom Jun 5 #42

This is what you get when you put petulant children in charge mdbl Jun 6 #43