‘What a lie’: Danish astronaut responds to Musk claim that Biden abandoned ISS pair on purpose
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Summary
Elon Musk accused former president Joe Biden of stranding NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on the ISS "for political reasons," prompting Danish astronaut Andreas "Andy" Mogensen to label the claim "a lie."
“What a lie. And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media,” wrote the 48-year-old European Space Agency astronaut.
Musk called Mogensen “fully retarded” and claimed SpaceX could’ve rescued the astronauts months ago, without evidence.
NASA refuted Musk’s abandonment claim, calling it baseless.
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I kind of assume that this sort of thing is to soak up media bandwidth while the mass federal layoffs are happening.
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Concerning…
Looking into my own lie…
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Actually there was a response Andy wrote, but it is not in the summary, shows how blatant lie that is:
“Elon, I have long admired you and what you have accomplished, especially at SpaceX and Tesla,” Mogensen replied to Musk’s missive.
“You know as well as I do, that Butch and Suni are returning with Crew-9, as has been the plan since last 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.”
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Elon is a massive piece of shit.
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Worst case Ontario: ISS has a problem and everyone needs to come home. Who, besides the united states or russia can feasibly get them home?
Edit: why am I getting downvoted? Is it my Rickyism joke?
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Yup. Must have talked to Boris Johnson. Seems to have imported some of BJ's wardrobe, as well.
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Musk called Mogensen “fully retarded” and claimed SpaceX could’ve rescued the astronauts months ago, without evidence.
Ohh just like how he rescued the boys stuck in cave before the actual rescuer did.
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The ISS has enough spacecraft docked to take everyone home at a moments notice, always. Nobody needs to launch anything.
They broke that rule briefly when the Boeing capsule was deemed unfit for use, but they quickly fixed that.
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Worst case Ontario would be Doug Ford getting another term next week.
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Another rescue operation that he can’t take credit for, so he gets mad and starts throwing accusations around.
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Why would Biden try to make old space look space bad?
That's the most mental gymnastic idea I've seen in months.
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I don't even see the mental gymnastics. It's just a stupid lie a stupid liar told.
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You know, I kinda can't wait for shit to start going wrong on their watch.
Unfortunately, the more bad, the more quickly, the better.
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Is this why the dems are standing aside?
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Unfortunately we're currently looking at their way of handling stuff that gone wrong, melon husk just have to say stupid stuff and start some stupid fight and people from both side will just focus on that.
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Even without the Boeing capsule they could have all gotten home in an emergency. It wouldn't have been pleasant (I think the plan was to basically strap the people without seats to a padded bulkhead), but it'd be better than the alternative.
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Btw there have been massive cuts to many NASA programs across the board (especially in outreach/education lol). Artemis/Moon to Mars will probably die or be significantly changed because it’s “DEI.”
Bridenstone was Trump’s first appointment to the office, and was focused on giving private companies access to space - this is why this Starliner debacle happened in the first place.
NASA is dying because the oligarchs see space as a resource to be exploited and do not understand the purpose of scientific exploration, beyond what they can funnel into their own wallets.
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Yeah, the Dems should just be impeaching him with their minority in the House and their Minority in the Senate.
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They could be organising huge nationwide protests or storming the capitol like he did. They could be telling the truth like AOC and Bernie
