ISS Astronaut: Musk Is Lying, Musk: “You’re Retarded”

The Daily Beast reports:

Elon Musk called a Danish astronaut “fully ret—ed” in an argument on X. Musk’s used the term, which many in the disabled community consider a slur, as an insult against Andreas Mogensen—a European Space Agency astronaut who in 2023 piloted a mission for Musk’s SpaceX. Mogensen rebuked Musk for claiming that the two NASA astronauts currently stranded in space were left there for “political reasons.”

“What a lie,” Mogensen, 48, wrote on his X account. “And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media.” Musk did not take well to the criticism. “You are fully ret—ed. SpaceX could have brought them back several months ago. I OFFERED THIS DIRECTLY to the Biden administration and they refused. Return WAS pushed back for political reasons. Idiot.”

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