Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, decided against the decommissioning of the company's Dragon spacecraft after receiving unexpected advice from a small social media account. This decision came on the heels of a contentious exchange online with President Donald Trump, who threatened to revoke Musk's government contracts. Following the advice of an anonymous user on X, Musk opted to keep the spacecraft operational, demonstrating how a random social media interaction can influence significant corporate decisions and highlighting the tensions between powerful figures in tech and politics.
Amazingly, Musk decided to take the advice of the random user, responding, Good advice. Ok, we won't decommission Dragon.
After President Donald Trump threatened to terminate Musk's government subsidies and contracts as the two men clashed online, Musk announced, In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately.
Some random bluecheck with 127 twitter followers just saved the entire united states space program, weighed in one user.
The successful intervention of X user @Fab25june earned them several hundred more followers from users who thanked them for changing Musk's mind.
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