Elon Musk Pulls Back on Threat to Withdraw SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Friday withdrew his threat to decommission the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft used to make trips to the International Space Station, amid a public spat with President Donald Trump.
Musk wrote on social media platform X on Thursday that he would “begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately” after Trump threatened to cut government funding to Musk’s companies, including SpaceX.
But hours later, Musk said he wouldn’t go through with the plan, replying to another X user who suggested that both Musk and Trump “cool off” for a few days.
“Good advice. Ok, we won’t decommission Dragon,” the SpaceX CEO wrote in response to that suggestion…. 

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