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Elon Musk: “Those astronauts were supposed to be up there for eight days…”

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CPAC Discussion with Elon Musk and President Javier Milei on Government Reform and Media Influence

Published March 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 27:10

But nonetheless, there was a big Department of Justice or injustice case about this against SpaceX. So obviously it was an antagonistic situation. And Those astronauts were supposed to be up there for eight days and now they're up there for eight months. Does that make any sense? And we obviously could have brought them back sooner, but they didn't want it to. Didn't want anyone who supported President Trump to look good. (27:10–27:15)

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