Elon Musk said Thursday he changed his mind about decommissioning SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft after an X user suggested he "cool off and take a step back" amid his public blowout with President Trump.
"Ok we won't decommission Dragon," Musk wrote Thursday night in response to the user.
Just hours earlier on Thursday, Musk said SpaceX, his aerospace company, will ground Dragon, the spacecraft NASA uses to service the International Space Station.
"In light of the President’s statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately,” Musk said Thursday afternoon.
Musk's post included a screenshot of a threat from Trump to eliminate billions of dollars in federal contracts and subsidies the tech billionaire's companies rec