NASA - SpaceX feud?: Elon Musk reminded of 'Commercial crew' contract

NASA and X are at loggerhes w.

two American ncies are feuding over delay in execution of government contracts on X CEO Elon Musk's side. While NASA has often collaborated with X on sending satellites, crew, and supplies to International Station (ISS), signs of friction were seen on September 27. One day prior to Musk unveiling his new shiny craft 'Starship', NASA director Jim Bridenstine gently reminded Musk of his impending 'Commercial Crew' commitment. He stated that NASA expected same level of commitment to investments me by American taxpayer. 

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NASA reminds X of delays

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What us Commerical Crew contract?

As per reports, Musk h been awarded a multi-billion dollar Commercial Crew contract by NASAin 2014. This contract was to build a craft that would take astronauts to International Station (ISS).  contract was reportedly alongside Boeing aimed at ferrying ISS crew. While contract has been hit by several delays, including an explosion during a ground test of Dragon Crew capsule back in July, it was scheduled to have been completed by w.

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Elon Musk's rebuttal

Retaliating to Bridenstine's comment, Musk said in an interview to an American News Channel, " Everything in aero is eight years behind. Most of work that is required from w through flight of NASA astronauts is a long series of safety reviews, so it’s t really hardware related, and it’s really going as fast as we can go. If re’s some way to make it go faster, I would make it go faster.”

NASA has been using Russian Soyuz capsules to send ir astronauts to International Station. Hence, it is er to launch astronauts from American soil soon. Meanwhile, X recently inveiled 'Starship' which is designed to carry a crew and cargo to moon or Mars and land back on Earth. Musk has predicted that Starship's first orbital flight could come in next six months. Musk hopes to launch missions with humans aboard in 2020.

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