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00:02SpaceX CEO Elon Musk threatened to begin decommissioning the company's Dragon spacecraft,
00:07according to the Associated Press.
00:08The move came after President Donald Trump suggested pulling federal contracts for Musk's
00:12businesses.
00:13A clash unfolded Thursday on social media when Musk responded to Trump's remarks about
00:16cutting ties with SpaceX and Starlink by posting that Dragon decommissioning would begin immediately.
00:22While it's unclear how serious the statement was, NASA heavily depends on SpaceX for transporting
00:27astronauts, supplies, and science missions, including plans to return humans to the moon.
00:31SpaceX is currently the only U.S. firm capable of ferrying crews to the International Space
00:35Station, following Boeing's troubled Starliner program.
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