Elon Musk’s threat to pull his Dragon spacecraft out of NASA programs would severely impact the International Space Station and other programs.
From the space station to intelligence gathering, multiple agencies have come to rely on Musk’s SpaceX.
Elon Musk’s threat, which he later retracted, to cut off NASA’s use of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft would be a huge blow to NASA, depriving the space agency of the only American vehicle capable of transporting astronauts to the International Space Station and dramatically changing how NASA would access the $100 billion orbiting laboratory.
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Russia’s Soyuz capsules are the only other means of getting crews to the space station right now.
SpaceX's Dragon is the only U.S. option for delivering crew to and from the International Space Station.
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Musk said he will decommission Dragon aircraft, only US spacecraft capable of flying humans in orbit and used by NASA.
World’s richest man says craft, which Nasa relies on to take astronauts to ISS, will be withdrawn from commission
The space agency has published its budget request to Congress which would see funding for science projects cut by nearly a half.
