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Elon calls former ISS commander an idiot (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So: political reasons. The Biden administration refused to waste money by paying SpaceX for an extra flight. And if there's one thing this new adminstration is all about, it's funneling billions of dollars to Musk's various companies.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, that's economics not politics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

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