Musk Drops Dragon Withdrawal Threat

As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk argued on social media on Thursday, the world's richest man threatened to decommission a space capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.

- Associated Press

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A few hours later, Musk said he wouldn't follow through on the threat. After Trump threatened to cut government contracts given to Musk's SpaceX rocket company and his Starlink internet satellite services, Musk responded via X that SpaceX "will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately."

It was unclear how serious Musk's threat was, but several hours later — in a reply to another X user — he said he wouldn't do it.