WASHINGTON: SpaceX chief Elon Musk said on Thursday (Jun 5) he would begin "decommissioning" his company's Dragon spacecraft - vital for ferrying NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station - after US President Donald Trump threatened to terminate his government contracts.

"In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately," Musk wrote on X.

The comments came after Trump and Musk's nearly year-long political alliance imploded in spectacular fashion, with the two trading public insults on social media.

The fate of roughly US$22 billion worth of SpaceX's government contracts is at risk in the fallout of a worsening fight between Musk and Trump over the administration's

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