Harry Enten, Tuesday on CNN: "Donald Trump is a more popular guy than Elon Musk is, that's the bottom line. Again, you look at that net favorable rating, you see Donald Trump hanging right around that zero mark. You see Elon Musk there with a -13. If anything, Musk is pulling Trump down."

This decision forced some crew shuffling; NASA had to take two astronauts off the originally four-person Crew-9 launch to make room for Wilmore and Williams on the downward leg. (Both Starliner astronauts are in good health on the ISS, and there are plenty of supplies to support them through the end of their stay, NASA officials have said.)