Of SpaceX’s government contracts, about $ 22 billion (about $ 1,88,626 million) is at risk, and on Thursday, Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s explosive disputes may face dramatic changes.
The disagreement with Musk’s criticism over Trump’s tax deduction and spending legislation that began last week was rapidly out of control. When the president spoke at the Oval Office, Trump attacked Musk. Then in a series of X -Posts, Musk launched Barbs on Trump, who threatened to terminate government contracts with Musk’s companies.
Taking the threat seriously, Musk said he would begin “rejecting” the dragon spacecraft of Space X used by NASA.
Hours later, however, can be seen in reverse courses. Responding to a follower on X, he and Trump were urged to “cool down and back one step for a couple of days,” Musk wrote: “Well advice. Well, we won’t end the dragon.”
Nevertheless, the danger of the Musk’s mere risk of suddenly pulling its dragon spacecraft out of service has led to an extraordinary outbreak of one of NASA’s leading trading partners.
Under the agreement of about $ 5 billion (about $ 42, Rs 42,874 crore), the Dragon Capsule has been the only US ship in the International Space Station and has the ability to carry astronauts, making Musk’s company an important element of the US space program.
The quarrel raised questions that Trump, an unexpected force that interfered with past shopping efforts, would go far away, to punish Musk, who led the Trump move to reduce the federal government last week.
If the president preferred political retaliation and canceled billions of dollars worth of space X contracts with NASA and the Pentagon, it could slow down the progress of the US space.
NASA press secretary Bethany Stevens refused to comment on Space X, but said: “We will continue to work with our industry partners to ensure that the president’s goals are met in space.”
Kasturi and Trump’s conflict broke an extraordinary relationship between an American president and industry Titan, which gained some important rights for SpaceX: a proposed over hall of NASA’s Moon program in a Mars program, a plan to make a huge missile defensive shield in space, and a planned ailment.
The possibility of taking Dragon out of service will disrupt the ISS program, which includes dozens of countries under the two -decade -old international agreement. But it was unclear how quickly such an end would be. NASA uses Russia’s Suez spacecraft as a secondary ride for its astronauts for ISS.
The height of Space X
Space X dominated long before Musk’s Republican politics last year, developed a strong market share in the rocket launch and satellite communications industries, which can save it from the distribution of Musk with Trump.
“It will not be fortunately disastrous, because SpaceX has developed itself in a global powerhouse, which dominates most of the space industry, but there is no question that will result in a significant reduction in income and waste contract opportunities.”
In recent months, under Trump, the US space industry and NASA’s 18,000 manpower has been released through the proposed budget deductions that will cancel dozens of science programs, while the US space agency is without a certified administrator.
NASA’s administrator, Musk Eli and billionaire private astronauts appear to be the initial crash of Trump’s nominee for Ishaq Mann, the preliminary crash of Musk with the president, when the White House suddenly removed it from the weekend, which led to the space agency.
On Thursday, Trump explained to Isaac Man, saying that he was a “fully Democrat”, about the information that Isaac Man had given to the Democrats. According to public records, Isaacman has donated some Republicans but most Democratic candidates for post.
Musk’s quest to send humans to Mars has been an important factor in Trump’s space agenda. The effort has been threatened to remove the resources from NASA’s flagship effort to send humans to the moon.
Trump’s budget plan tried to cancel Artemis Moon missions outside its third mission, which effectively eliminated the high -budget launch system rocket used for these missions.
But the mission of Trump’s Bill will restore financial support for four and five missions released on Thursday, which will provide at least $ 1 billion (about Rs 8,574 crore) annually for the SLS by 2029.
Since SpaceX’s rocket is a less expensive alternative to the SLS, even though the Trump administration will oppose the Senate changes in the coming weeks, it will indicate the rest of the Musk’s political power.
Space X, which was founded in 2002, has won $ 15 billion (about Rs 1,28,621 crore) in contracts with NASA for the development of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets and Space X -starchy, a multi -purpose rocket system to land on NASA’s astronauts on the moon in this decade.
The company has also been awarded billions of dollars to launch most of the Pentagon national security planets in space, while it produces a massive spy satellite tower in the orbit of the US Intelligence Agency.
In addition to not being in US interests, former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garoor said that canceling Space X contracts may not be legal.
But he also added, “A bully CEO that threatens to remove the spacecraft, and endangers the lives of astronauts, is unbearable.”
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