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The Dragon Spacecraft Is a Crucial Vehicle for Getting Astronauts to Space

The Dragon Spacecraft is crucial for current NASA flights.

The feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk could have very real consequences. After all, Musk and Trump are two of the most powerful men in the world, and now that they're at each other's throats, things could change very rapidly. One place where the feud's impact might be felt is SpaceX , Musk's private space flight company.

After Trump suggested that he might be pulling Musk's government contracts, Musk announced that he would be decommissioning SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft "immediately." Now, many want to better understand what that spacecraft is, and why it might be bad if SpaceX stopped making them. Here's what we know.

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