Musk's conflict with Trump threatened the mission of the Polish astronaut? Unofficial reports
The fact that the announcement of “grounding” of Dragon spacecraft will not affect the mission planned for Tuesday, PAP unofficially learned from two sources familiar with the mission plans. However, the official answer to PAP questions has not yet been given by SpaceX, which includes Dragon capsules. Members of the AX-4 mission from Axiom, including the Pole Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, are to fly to the international space station.
The former adviser and founder of SpaceX Elon Musk, conflicted with US President Donald Trump, announced that he would start “immediately” with the use of dragoons. It was a reaction to Trump's entry that the best way to save money in the budget would be to cancel government contacts with Muska.
“The easiest way to save money in our budget, billions and billions of dollars is to end Elon's government subsidies and contracts. I was always surprised that Biden did not do it!” Trump wrote. In this way, the president referred to the criticism of Musk at the budget act supported by the president, who, according to the billionaire, will excessively indebted the state.
One of Muska's largest government contracts is the NASA contracts to the transport of astronauts and goods to the International Space Station and the Earth orbit. The AX-4 mission is not an official NASA mission, but a space company Axiom Space. Despite this, the start will take place from the Kennedy Space Center space port, belonging to the American Space Agency.
After Musk's announcement about the withdrawal of dragons, the actions of some SpaceX competitors soared up. Rocketlab shares after closing the session gained over 6 percent. on value, and Virgin Galactic – by over 10 percent Spacex is not listed on the stock exchange, but another Muska company, Tesla, lost over 14 percent.
The start of the AX-4 mission is planned for Tuesday at 8.22 local time (14.22 in Poland), although it was previously postponed.
