'Still sleeping': Elon Musk mocks Biden for not acknowledging SpaceX's all-civilian crew

Elon Musk recently achieved ar milestone by sending an all civilian crew into through X’s ‘Inspiration4’ programme. All four crew members successfully orbited earth for three days before making a splashdown on 18 September. While Musk and his transportation company were showered with accolades from around world, one person apparently failed to ackwledge ‘historic’ mission -- US President Joe Biden. 

On Sunday, one of Musk's followers questioned him about same. “ President of United States has refused to even ackwledge 4 newest American astronauts who helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for St. Jude,” a Twitter user said. tweet prompted a reply from tech billionaire, who mockingly wrote that Biden was “still sleeping.” Interestingly, Biden’s electoral opponent Donald Trump had given him moniker of  “sleepy Joe” during last year’s vote. 

conversation t only caught eyeballs on microblogging website but also garnered multiple reactions from people. Defending Biden, a user wrote, "Dude is busy running a nation during a pandemic. Post-war intelligence briefings. Cybersecurity threats. SCOTUS shenanigans and human rights. Budget and tax legislation." While ar slammed President and wrote, "Sure. But time to even congratulate crew? Like. Youngest female astronaut in Haylee? It feels like a deliberate snub."

 Historical flight: Achieved several milestones in three days

craft, which included billionaire Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Dr Sian Proctor and a data engineer Chris Sembroski, achieved several milestones in three days. At 29-year-old, Arceneaux became youngest American in and first person to fly into with a prostic. 

Besides, flight was also longest for humans at 580 kilometres above Earth and travelling at a speed of 7.6 kilometres per second. fundraising project had aimed to raise $200 million and has collected over $155 million till w, said media sources. After nailing this mission, X will w focus on its next mission where it intends to launch four passengers including one NASA astronaut and three wealthy businessmen to station for a weeklong visit.

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