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Elon Musk calls famed astronaut Andreas Mogensen an 'idiot' after being accused of 'lying' about stranded astronauts

  • Elon Musk claimed that astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were left on the International Space Station for political reasons by the Biden administration.
  • Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen criticized Musk's statement, calling it a lie and contested the claim that the astronauts were stranded for political reasons.
  • Musk referred to Mogensen derogatorily on social media, escalating the disagreement about the astronauts' situation.
  • Despite the controversy, Mogensen confirmed that Williams and Wilmore would return to Earth on Crew-9, as planned since last September.
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Musk calls former ISS commander ‘idiot’ in heated exchange over astronauts - National

Musk blew up at the Danish astronaut, calling him a derogatory slur after the former ISS commander said his claims were false.

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Elon Musk Slams Astronaut For Branding his Space Station Mission to Rescue Two Stranded NASA Explorers a 'Lie' in Brutal Tit-For-Tat Exchange

Elon Musk held nothing back when he slammed famed astronaut Andreas Mogensen after the Danish engineer called his rescue efforts a lie.

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Elon Musk Got Humiliated by a Space Station Astronaut Immediately Before Announcing Space Station Should Be Destroyed

Immediately prior to calling for the imminent destruction of the International Space Station, Elon Musk got into a heated fight with an astronaut from the orbital outpost. Let's set the scene. Earlier this week, an interview with Elon Musk and President Donald Trump aired on Fox News. When the topic swung to the fates of NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been aboard the ISS for eight months due to the failure of Boeing's …

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Elon Musk calls famed astronaut Andreas Mogensen an 'idiot' after being accused of 'lying' about stranded astronauts

Elon Musk has branded a famed astronaut an "idiot" after he hit back at the SpaceX CEO's claims that two NASA astronauts had been left in space "for political reasons".

·United Kingdom
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‘Retarded’, ‘idiot’: Elon Musk gets into fight with astronaut on X over Sunita Williams’ return from space

Elon Musk was seen arguing with a Danish astronaut, who accused him about lying to the media regarding the return of Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are stuck on the International Space Station. Musk in an interview had said that the astronauts were stuck due to political reasons.

·New Delhi, India
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Musk aims slur at Danish astronaut over 'abandoned' ISS crew

The world's richest man Elon Musk got into a heated row Thursday with Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen, after Mogensen criticised the tech billionaire's claim that former president Joe Biden intentionally abandoned two American astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

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