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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:33 PM Aug 2020

Trump falsely said NASA 'was closed and dead' before he was president

and appeared to take credit for a private SpaceX launch

SpaceX on Tuesday night launched an early prototype of a Starship rocket hundreds of feet into the air, hovered it across the beachside launch site, and then landed it on a concrete pad.

The full-scale vehicle, called Starship SN5 (for serial number 5), looked more like a flying grain silo or beer can than an early version of a Mars-bound rocket. Still, the feat represents a key step toward SpaceX founder Elon Musk's dream of creating a fully reusable space vehicle that can reach, return from, and help populate the Red Planet.

In Wednesday tweet rife with falsehoods, US President Donald Trump reshared a NASASpaceFlight video of SN5's flight — and appeared to take credit for SpaceX's flight by insinuating it was part of a NASA program.

"NASA was Closed & Dead until I got it going again. Now it is the most vibrant place of its kind on the Planet...And we have Space Force to go along with it. We have accomplished more than any Administration in first 3 1/2 years. Sorry, but it all doesn't happen with Sleepy Joe!" Trump claimed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/trump-falsely-said-nasa-was-closed-and-dead-before-he-was-president-and-appeared-to-take-credit-for-a-private-spacex-launch/ar-BB17BQ7Y?li=BBnb7Kz

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