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As a result, the crew mission 9 was launched in September with only two astronauts. Willore and Williams joined that crew for a full six -month increase at the space station.

Stic said that NASA made this decision based on the flight schedules to the satellite station and the needs of the orbit laboratory. Time also allowed to send Spacex spaces to astronauts and produce seat blankets that will make them fall in water, under umbrellas, safe.

“When we put it all, the best option was really the option that we start now,” Stic said. “Thus we did the crew 9, where the two empty seats, lifted a suit suit, and also made sure that the seats were suitable for the Anthropoom and Sony Bots, to return it safely.”

So yes, Spacex works with NASA to serve options, including the possibility of returning to last fall. However, these discussions were held within the levels and leaders of the program: Stich for the Commercial Candle and Dana Witl for the International Space Station.

“Dana and I worked to reach a business decision for the commercial crew program and the space station,” Stic said. “After that, Kane listened, all of us, we listened to the process of reviewing the journey’s willingness, and NASA also listened. So we had a recommendation for the agency and that was in the process that we usually use.”

Bowersox confirmed that the decision was made at the level of the program.

“This is the way our decisions work,” said Borzox. “The programs work with what is more logical for them, softly, technically. We will be at the level of the main headquarters, in which case we thought that the plan we reached was very logical.”

During the conference on the phone, Spacex Vice President, Bill Jersteneer, was asked directly about the offer that musk was referring to when the Biden administration mentioned. It did not provide a fundamental answer.

Musk claims that he made a direct offer to the Biden Administration officials. We have no way to check this, but it seems clear that the Biden administration has never conveyed such an offer to the lower level officials within NASA, who made their decision for technical, not political reasons.

“I think you know that we are working with NASA, and we worked with NASA cooperative to do everything we think is the right thing,” answered SPACEX, Geerstenmaier. “As you know, we were ready to support in any way they thought it was the correct way to support it. They reached the option I heard today described today, and we support this option.”

Did Trump told NASA to accelerate Bush and Sony’s return?

As of late last year, the mission of the crew was scheduled to return in mid -February. However, there was a battery problem with a new dragon spacecraft that was used to develop the 10 to orbit crew. as a result of, NASA announced On December 17, the crew returned in late March or early April.

After that, on February 11, NASA announced that the launch of the 10th crew was submitted to March 12. This was two weeks before the plan, and that was possible because NASA and Spacex decided to switch dragon capsules, using a pre -transported vehicle – Dragon to bear– For 10 crew.

Is this change to accelerate the return of Wilmor and Williams politically driven?

The decision to exchange to bear Stic said he was made in late January, and this allowed the date of the launch forward. In response to a question whether political pressure was a reason, Stic said it was not. “The motivation was behind many other factors, and we were looking at this before the president and Mr. Musk made” some of these statements, “he said.

Bowersox added that this was true, but he also said that NASA estimated the president’s interest in the space program.

“I can check that Steve was talking about how we may need to reconcile flights and switch capsules a month before there was any discussion outside NASA, but the interest of the president certainly added energy to the conversation.”

This story was originally appeared on Art Technica.