SpaceX won't decommission Dragon, Musk says

Billionaire Elon Musk said on June 5 that his rocket company SpaceX will not decommission its Dragon spacecraft, just hours after stating that the company would begin decommissioning amid his escalating feud with US President Donald Trump, Report informs via Reuters.

Musk earlier announced, following US President Donald Trump's threat to terminate state contracts with companies that belong to his aerospace company, SpaceX, that he will begin decommissioning Dragon spacecraft, widely used by the US to deliver people and cargo to the International Space Station (ISS).

"In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately," Musk wrote on X.

US President Trump stated earlier on his Truth Social website: "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts."