Elon Musk has been using its social media platform, X, to exchange spikes with an astronaut from the European Space Agency and former commander of the International Space Station (ISS) after the astronaut made an exception to Musk's statements that The former president of the United States, Joe Biden, left two abandoned Americans about the ISS on purpose.
The dispute began on Thursday X and continued until Friday, and several other astronauts joined the fray after the Danish astronaut Andreas “Andy” Mogensen called musk for VEDDLING A Foundation Claim In an interview with Fox News Television on Tuesday.
When asked about astronaut Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose eight -day test flight on the Boeing Starliner plane became an eight -month stay aboard the ISS after the Starliner had problems, Musk hinted to Fox that the Biden administration left them in space longer. of what is necessary.
Archive: This image made of a live broadcast of NASA shows NASA Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore during a press conference from the International Space Station on Friday, September 13, 2024.
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“They left them there for political reasons,” said Musk, owner of Spacex.
Mogensen, who disagrees with the claim of the billionaire, aware: “What a lie. And someone who complains about the lack of honesty of the main media. “
Things quickly became ugly, with musk exploding in anger and called Mogensen an “idiot” and a derogatory insult.
“Spacex could have brought them several months ago,” Musk wrote. “I offered this directly to the Biden administration and refused. The return was retreated for political reasons. Idiot.”
Musk did not explain his alleged offer.
Mogensen quickly shot, saying that while he admired Musk in the past, he would not represent Musk's wrong information.
“You know as good as I, that Butch and Suni return with CREW-9, as has been the plan since last September,” he wrote, referring to NASA's plan to fly to Wilmore and Williams back to earth with two space stations current crew members.
“Even now, you are not sending a rescue boat to take them home. They are returning to the dragon capsule that has been in ISS since last September. ”
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Musk did not respond to Mogensen's post, but three hours later he asked for the end of the ISS.
“It's time to start preparations to exorbit the (space station). He has fulfilled his purpose. There is very little incremental utility. “
“Let's go to Mars,” he added.
On Friday, Nasa Scott Kelly's retired astronaut came in defense of Mogensen.
“I was commander of @iss when Andy, @astro_andreas flew his first space mission. It is one of the most competent, reliable and honest people I have met. This rhetoric is beyond the pale but, unfortunately, it is not surprising. It does not deserve this type of respect, ”Kelly shared in X.
Musk proceeded to bend, calling Mogensen an “idiot” again and Taking a jab In Kelly's twin brother, which turns out to be an Arizona senator.
“He is an idiot who attacked me publicly, despite having no idea what really happened,” Musk wrote. “By the way, your brother claims to be independent, but it's just a demon shill.”
Chris Hadfield, the beloved Canadian astronaut retired, also entered the disaster, returning to publish the comments he made regarding Williams and Wilmore last week.
“Suni and Butch have never been 'stranded' in space,” Hadfield wrote. “They are prepared and committed to the mission, like all professional astronauts. Commander of the Suni Space Station, they are doing space walks, working hard on behalf of NASA and all members, spending the best moment of their lives. “
Earlier this month, shortly after the president of the United States, Donald Trump, ordered Musk that “Go Get” Williams and Wilmore, Nasa announced that the couple will return to Earth a little earlier than planned.
Trump's call was an unusual intervention of a president in the Meticulously organized ISS calendar of NASA and promoted Wilmore and Williams to an unlikely political focus.
Astronauts are among the seven currently aboard the ISS, and remain healthy and busy with scientific routine research aboard the advanced position in orbit, NASA said.
And although the unexpected stay of astronauts has faced many delays, it is not unusual for space teams to end in unexpected extensions. Exhausting, but standard training prepares astronauts for long stays in space.
“Us Don't feel abandonedWe don't feel stuck, ”Williams told CNN last week. “Help us change the rhetoric, help us change the narrative. Let's change it to 'prepared and committed'.
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