‘He’s nonetheless sleeping’: Musk mocks Biden for ‘ignoring’ SpaceX’s historic all-civilian orbital mission

Within the wake of the Inspiration4 personal orbital mission’s success, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has supplied a snarky reply when requested why President Biden was ignoring the feat, when even his opponents celebrated the achievement.

Whereas it lasted solely three days, the area flight was broadly touted because the world’s first and progressive in some ways, so one may assume the achievement deserved not less than a nod from the White Home. However one in every of Musk’s followers famous that the “President of the US has refused to even acknowledge the four latest American astronauts who helped increase a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of for St. Jude… What’s your concept on why that’s?”

“He’s nonetheless sleeping,” Musk replied, apparently half-jokingly alluding to Donald Trump’s ‘Sleepy Joe’ moniker for Biden.

He’s nonetheless sleeping

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 19, 2021

Apart from its whole crew being non-professionals, the mission’s medical officer, Hayley Arceneaux, 29, has develop into the youngest American astronaut thus far and the primary most cancers survivor to go to area with a prosthetic limb.

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Geology professor and science communication, Sian Proctor, 51, has made historical past because the first-ever black feminine spacecraft pilot.

As well as, American billionaire Jared Isaacman, who privately funded the launch and served because the mission commander, has managed to lift practically $ 150 million for a kids’s most cancers analysis as a part of a charity marketing campaign.

Inspiration4 adopted two high-profile personal area flights in July by Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Virgin magnate Richard Branson. Some critics argued that Musk mustn’t take it personally, as a result of Biden by no means congratulated Branson and Bezos too. Nevertheless, neither of the billionaires truly orbited the Earth throughout their flights, thus Inspiration4 stays the primary absolutely personal mission to hold people into orbital area, a website that was as soon as the only protect of the world’s superpowers.

Congratulations to @ElonMusk and the @SpaceX workforce on their profitable Inspiration4 launch final night time. One other step in the direction of a future the place area is accessible to all of us.

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) September 16, 2021

Because the Resilience module was making its first orbits after profitable launch on Wednesday, Bezos himself famous his rival’s achievement and praised the mission as “one other step in the direction of a future the place area is accessible to all of us.”

Congratulations, #Inspiration4! With at present's splashdown, you've helped show that low-Earth orbit is open for enterprise.

— Invoice Nelson (@SenBillNelson) September 19, 2021

NASA Administrator Invoice Nelson additionally congratulated Musk’s workforce, saying that they “helped show that low-Earth orbit is open for enterprise.”

Welcome residence, @Inspiration4x. Might your journey to area aboard the @SpaceX Crew Dragon proceed to encourage and profit @StJude's unbelievable work in analysis for therapies and cures for childhood most cancers.
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Donate to St. Jude right here: https://t.co/F15Nx3LOaF pic.twitter.com/lj8SgTA2vu

— Boeing House (@BoeingSpace) September 18, 2021

Even Boeing, which nonetheless struggles with its Starliner Challenge after it misplaced the American race again into area to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, set any attainable grievances apart and celebrated the flight, saying “might your journey… proceed to encourage and profit StJude’s unbelievable work in analysis for therapies and cures for childhood most cancers.”

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