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SpaceX is expected to bring two astronauts to the area that has been on the foreign station since June. Musk said President Trump asked for that “as soon as possible. “
By Kenneth Chang
In an article about X on Tuesday night, Elon Musk said President Trump has asked his corporate spacex to bring a house “as soon as possible” two NASA astronauts that have been at the International Space Station since June.
SpaceX, in fact, is already scheduled to bring those two astronauts home, but no earlier than late March, along with two other astronauts who are currently on board. NASA has not responded to questions about whether it was indeed working to have those astronauts come home sooner, which could leave the space station understaffed.
Hours later, Mr. Trump in his own article on the Truth Social website showed the request, stating that “Elon will be on the way soon”, without establishing a timeline for a return trip.
The astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, boarded at the area station in June. His vacation was not intended to last more than a week or two in orbit as a component of a Boeing Starliner Zeasehip check flight. But because the Starliner’s propulsion formula malfunctioned the vacation there, NASA has continually prolonged the rest of the pair, while engineers tried to perceive what had gone wrong.
In his assignment, Mr. Musk added, “Terrible that Biden Management left them so long. “
In his Truth Social post, Mr. Trump echoed that sentiment, claiming that Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore had been “virtually abandoned in space by the Biden administration.” In fact, the space station has been resupplied four times since the two arrived.
Bill Nelson, NASA administrator, the Biden administration, did not respond to an email in search of comments.
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