Things quickly became ugly, Kasturi called Mogenson a “stupid” and used an derogatory word.
“SpaceX could bring him back several months ago,” Musk wrote. “I presented it directly to the Biden administration and they refused. The return was pushed back due to political reasons. dumb.”
Mogensen, who herself flew from a spacex station in a spacex rocket and capsule, replied 13 minutes later, saying that he has “praised for a long time” what Musk had done in SpaceX.
“You know that I also do, Buch and Suni are returning with Crew -9, as plan since last September,” he said on X, mentioning NASA’s plan to Wilmor and Williams back two Members of the space station crew with two current, referring to the plan to fly on Earth. “Still, you are not sending a rescue ship to bring them home. They are returning to the dragon capsules which have been on ISS since last September. ,
Mogensen was the commander of the Space Station from September 2023 to March 2024 – at his most recent circumambulation post.
Neither the White House nor NASA immediately responded to the requests of the comment.
Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Headfield, who took command of the Space Station in 2013, also weighed the controversy, re -explained the comments made on X on 14 February.
“Suna and Butch have never been ‘trapped’ in space,” Headfield wrote. “They are ready and committed to the mission like all professional astronauts. Sun’s space station commander, they are doing spacewalks, working hard on behalf of NASA and all partners, their life time. ,
Spat comes as the role of Musk as one of the top political advisors of Trump has made a new investigation into his penchant to spread false and misleading information. Recently, Musk has spread a variety of misleading claims about fraud and expenses throughout the US government.
Wilmore and Williams launched in June 2024 for the International Space Station at Boeing’s Starlineer spacecraft, intending to spend about a week as part of the test flight.
However, capsules faced several issues, forcing astronauts to stay at the space station for longer than planned. Finally, NASA opted to bring Starlineer back to Earth in September, with no riders.
Under the Biden administration, NASA decided to call SpaceX to bring Wilmor and Williams back to Earth. Their flight for this month was determined, but was already postponed in late March. The reason for this, NASA said, “A new SpaceX spacecraft allowed more time for” complete processing “on a new SpaceX spacecraft that would bring four new crew members to the space station.”
The flight known as Crew -10 is expected to take NASA astronaut Anne McClen and Nicole Aires, Russian Cosmonott Kiril Peskov, and Japanese astronaut Takua Onishi to the space station.
Once they arrive, Wilmor and Williams, NASA’s astronauts Nick Hague and Russian Cosmonott Alexandra Gorbunov, will leave the station on a separate dragon capsule.
New and departed crew are usually overlap in a handover period, during which astronauts can exchange information about running experiments, maintenance projects and other protocols.
Musk also said on Thursday that the space station should be taken out of class and he was recommended in two years, rather than plan to reduce NASA’s plan by 2030.
“It has fulfilled its purpose. There is very little incremental utility, ”he wrote. “Let’s go on Mars.”
