NASA’s stranded astronauts have acknowledged that Joe Biden deliberately abandoned them in space for political purposes.
Barry Wilmore and his crewmate Sunita Williams have been stuck on the International Space Station since July last year after their Boeing Starliner ran into technical issues.
At a virtual press conference on Tuesday, Wilmore was asked about Elon Musk’s claim that Joe Biden declined his offer to bring them back on a SpaceX flight several months ago for “political reasons.”
“I can only say that Mr Musk, what he says, is absolutely factual,” Wilmore said.
Wilmore went on to say he and his partner at the “utmost respect” for Musk and Trump.
I can tell you, at the outset, all of us have the utmost respect for Mr. Musk, and obviously respect and admiration for our President of the United States, Donald Trump.
We appreciate them, we appreciate all they do for us, for human spaceflight, for our nation. We’re thankful that they’re in the positions they’re in.
The words they’ve said — politics — I mean, that’s part of life. We understand that, and there’s an important reason why we have a political system, and the political system that we do have.
And we’re behind it 100 percent. We know what we’ve lived up here. We know the ins and outs and the specifics that they may not be privy to.
And I’m sure they have some issues that they’re dealing with, information that they have that we are not privy to.
So when I think about your question, that’s part of life. We are on board with it, we support our nation, we support our nation’s leaders and we’re thankful for them.
During an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience last week, Musk explained how Biden had declined his offer and intentionally “pushed the return date past the inauguration date.”
“There’s no way that they’re gonna make anyone who’s supporting Trump look good,” Musk said.
“So people say, like, ‘Oh, Elon’s making it up. The Biden administration wasn’t against SpaceX.’”
“I’m like, bro, the Department of Justice had a massive lawsuit against SpaceX for not hiring asylum seekers, even though it is illegal for us to hire anyone who is not a permanent resident.”
Trump, meanwhile, has ordered Musk to try and retrieve the astronauts as soon as possible. Their current return date is set for March 20th.
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