WASHINGTON — Elon Musk accused former President Joe Biden of leaving two astronauts stranded aboard the Worldwide House Station for “political causes.”
“They have been left up there for political causes, which isn’t good,” the world’s richest man stated whereas seated subsequent to President Trump in a joint interview with Fox Information’ Sean Hannity Tuesday evening.
Musk’s SpaceX in September launched its Crew Dragon capsule to rescue the pair, and it docked efficiently on the area station.
The billionaire informed Hannity the craft will return to Earth in “about 4 weeks.”
“Now we have introduced astronauts again from the area station many instances earlier than, and all the time with success,” Musk stated, including that his group can be “extraordinarily cautious.”
“They didn’t have the go-ahead with Biden,” Trump stated.
“He was going to depart them in area. I feel he was going to depart them in area … He didn’t need the publicity.”
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stranded in June when a difficulty was discovered with Boeing’s Starliner capsule, which returned with out them.
Trump stated in a social media publish final month that Biden “deserted” Wilmore and Williams — prompting their denials.
“We don’t really feel deserted, we don’t really feel caught, we don’t really feel stranded,” Wilmore insisted to CNN’s Anderson Cooper, including, “I perceive why others might imagine that.”
Williams stated, “It was slightly bit longer keep than we had anticipated,” however that “we’ve made essentially the most of it.”
The joint interview that includes Trump and Hannity was filmed final week on the White Home and targeted largely on Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity initiative to trim federal spending.
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