Elon Musk: “SpaceX could have brought the astronauts back after a few…”

“There's no question about that. The astronauts were only supposed to be there for eight days and they've been there for almost 10 months. So obviously that doesn't make any sense. SpaceX could have brought the astronauts back after a few months at most. And we made that offer to the Biden administration. It was rejected for political reasons, and that's just a fact. Yeah, you know, I followed this from the very beginning.” (08:15–08:21)

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