Elon Musk has had a heated alternate with famed astronaut Andreas Mogensen who accused has him of mendacity over claims that two NASA astronauts had been “left” in area.
The SpaceX CEO mentioned he was working to “accelerate” the return of NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) on the president’s “instruction”.
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Elon Musk. File pic: AP
Mr Musk, who additionally leads the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), an advisory division below the Trump administration, mentioned the astronauts’ return had been “postponed to a ridiculous degree”.
Mr Trump, in the meantime, pointed the finger at former President Joe Biden, as he mentioned: “They got left in space”.
“And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media.”
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Andreas Mogensen. File pic: Reuters
Mr Musk retorted by calling the astronaut an “idiot”.
“SpaceX could have brought them back several months ago,” Mr Musk wrote.
“I OFFERED THIS DIRECTLY to the Biden administration and they refused. Return WAS pushed back for political reasons. Idiot.”
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Mr Mogensen replied saying: “Elon, I have long admired you and what you have accomplished, especially at SpaceX and Tesla.
“You already know in addition to I do, that Butch and Suni are returning with Crew-9, as has been the plan since final September.
“Even now, you are not sending up a rescue ship to bring them home. They are returning on the Dragon capsule that has been on ISS since last September.”
There have been no additional replies from Mr Musk.
Mr Wilmore and Ms Williams, who’ve been on the ISS since June 2024, initially deliberate to go to area for simply eight days however acquired caught on the station after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft began experiencing issues.
NASA determined to deliver it again empty and reassigned the pair to SpaceX.
The astronauts are ready for the following crew to reach on the ISS, nevertheless, the launch of their replacements on a SpaceX capsule was delayed in December, which added extra time to their mission.
They’re anticipated to return to Earth subsequent month.
