While Wilmore refrained from "pointing fingers," others have been quick to do so. Trump and his senior advisor, Elon Musk, alleged in February that the Biden administration intentionally delayed the astronauts' return for political reasons.
Last week, NASA spokeswoman Bethany Stevens credited the Trump administration with expediting their return, telling Fox News, "It would not have happened without President Trump's intervention." NASA's acting administrator Janet Petro also acknowledged the former president’s influence, stating, "Per President Trump's direction, NASA and SpaceX worked diligently to pull the schedule a month earlier. This international crew and our teams on the ground embraced the Trump Administration's challenge of an updated, and somewhat unique, mission plan, to bring our crew home."
NASA, however, has refuted claims that politics influenced their decision. During a press conference on March 4, officials cited safety, budget concerns, and the necessity of maintaining crew presence on the ISS as the primary reasons for the delayed return of Williams and Wilmore.
Now back on Earth, the Starliner astronauts continue to reflect on their mission and its challenges while reaffirming their trust in NASA’s long-term human spaceflight goals.
Same thing over and over. Biden did stall the return of the astronauts. The administration thought that even though Musk would be the one to get the astronauts, Trump would benefit from the rescue. I knew this months ago. Then below this is says NASA said this was not the case. What do you think NASA would say.
NASA, DOJ, EPA and all the Government Agencies have been taken over by Marxist that of course supported the Marxist Democrat regime of Biden and Obama. Party first and always. The American people are catching on, this the 77 million votes for Trump. But there are too many people that don't get the propaganda from the Democrat Party. Thank God I am not a Democrat and buy this crap we were told 12 of the last 16 years.