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'What a lie': Danish astronaut responds to Musk

Musk claimed without evidence that Nasa’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were left stranded on the orbital outpost for ‘political reasons’

And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media,” wrote the 48-year-old European Space Agency astronaut, who has flown to the ISS twice, including onboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule during a 2023 mission. Musk responded by calling Mogensen “fully retarded,” adding that “SpaceX could have brought them back several months ago” and that he had made such an offer to the Biden administration. But thruster problems led Nasa to decide that Starliner should return without its crew, and the agency tasked SpaceX with bringing the veteran astronauts home.

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