>after getting in a twitter argument with astronaut Andreas Mogensen.

And that's describing it very charitably towards Musk. https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1892584783064052114 shows his response to being called out on a lie as calling a former commander of the ISS "fully retarded".

Which, given Musk's timelines to date, means he'll be ready to do it right around the already-expected 2030 date if he claims he can do it by 2027.

> Musk wants to deorbit the ISS as soon as possible

Musk has no say in the ISS. No need to worry about it.

> Musk has no say in the ISS.

This is a really absurd assertion to make in February 2025. His close buddy is the upcoming NASA administrator, and he clearly has the President's ear.

Musk is a Presidential adviser without a bounded specific portfolio, he has say in anything that (1) the executive branch has a say in, and (b) Trump chooses to listen to him on; as NASA is one of the participating agencies in ISS, the US executive branch has some role in it, and Musk could potentially exert influence over that.

Trump makes the decisions, not Musk. Trump has lots of advisors. Trump has not put Musk in charge of NASA or the space program.

If you said "doesn't have the final say", sure.

The man most certainly has a say.