NASA Astronauts Puzzled by Elon Musk's Outburst

Elon Musk's attempt to blame the Biden administration for why the pair of astronauts aboard the International Space Station have had to stay even longer in orbit is blowing up in his face — again. In a Fox News interview alongside president Donald Trump last month, Musk boldly claimed that Joe Biden opted to leave the NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, in space for "political reasons," rather than bring them home sooner. Williams and Wilmore have been aboard the ISS for eight months, after the spacecraft that ferried them there, Boeing's Starliner, malfunctioned badly. Following the interview, a European astronaut and ISS veteran called Musk's claims a "lie." In response, the billionaire special government employee threw a tantrum, calling the astronaut a slur and doubling down on his previous claims about Biden's decision. "SpaceX could have brought them back several months ago," Musk fumed. "I OFFERED THIS DIRECTLY to the Biden administration and they refused." Now ... Read full article.