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On 1/28/2025 11:01 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> “BREAKING: Trump said he’s sending Elon to go get abandoned astronauts”
> 
> https://therightscoop.com/breaking-trump-said-hes-sending-elon-to-go- 
> get-abandoned-astronauts/
> 
> Wait, is Elon himself heading to the ISS ?
> 
> D.D. Harriman was never allowed in space even though he owned all of the 
> space ships. He had to sneak into Space and the Moon with a couple of 
> old spacemen and an old junked space ship. “Requiem” by Robert A. Heinlein.
>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_(short_story)
> and
> 
> https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v24n05_1940-01_dtsg0318/page/n79/ 
> mode/2up?view=theater

No, just junk journalism, with a clickbait headline.

The plan has been in place, and well known, for months. A SpaceX capsule
is going up to return the Boeing astronauts whose ship was judged too
dangerous to use.

pt