NASA and high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Sunday as part of the US space agency’s first full mission to send a crew into orbit aboard a spacecraft. private.
SpaceX Resilience lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:27 p.m. ET (0027 GMT Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The NASA social media user shared a video link of the launch on Twitter so space enthusiasts and the world around the world can watch the mission launch from their homes.
Now, along with the rest of the world, the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, was also doing the same. But always the tweeting enthusiast that he is, Trump made a few claims about NASA before he took office that didn’t sit well with netizens. He said NASA was “a closed mess when we took over. It is now again the ‘hottest’ and most advanced space center in the world by far.
A great launch! @POT It was a closed mess when we took over. Now it is once again the “hottest” and most advanced space center in the world, by far! https://t.co/CDCGdO74Yb
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2020
Twitter users strongly criticized Trump and attempted to burst his bubble, saying this was not true at all and that NASA was never a ‘closed disaster’ to begin with. Some also advised the incumbent president to do something about it coronavirus
and not earning brownie points for the accomplishments of some private company or trying to snatch credit for NASA’s hard work.
Who cares, do SOMETHING about the COVID outbreak!
– Robert Studans (@rstudans) November 16, 2020
Someone tagged Elon Musk of SpaceX in his tweet, hoping for a response.
Trump trying to take credit for the launch. @Elon Musk, How do you feel about that?
– WTF seriously (@stopbeingaderp) November 16, 2020
“A big sunrise today, the Sun was a complete disaster when we took over. Now it comes out every day thanks to me.”
– Mark Gray (@ rich29uk) November 16, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden already celebrated the launch with us … it’s too late. Pack
– Jenifer (@ jenifer__5) November 16, 2020
Another user posted President-elect Joe Biden’s tweet congratulating the people of the United States and NASA on launching the SpaceX mission and saying that Trump should learn to tweet like a president.
Just a reminder to Trump or should we call him Mr. Liar that it was under Obama who established the commercial crew program. On top of that, while @POT have played an important role in this launch, this is @SpaceXrocket and spaceship Maybe delete this tweet
– All SpaceX (@ spacex360) November 16, 2020
This isn’t the first time Donald Trump has tweeted about NASA’s accomplishments and tried to take credit. In early August, he had written on the microblogging site that he had helped resurrect the space agency.
“NASA was closed and dead until I started it again,” Trump had tweeted. “It is now the most vibrant place of its kind on the planet … And we have the Space Force to accompany it. We have accomplished more than any Administration in the first three and a half years. Sorry, but not all! Not with Sleepy Joe! ! “
At the time, Twitter users criticized it, emphasizing that the space agency has never been ‘closed’ since it was launched in 1958 and several former US presidents have helped start space programs.
NASA’s plan to expand commercial space flight began under the presidency of George W Bush when the space agency established the Commercial Cargo Program in 2006. In addition, the Commercial Crew Program began in 2010 under Barack Obama. .
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