Posted on 08/07/2024 1:15:15 PM PDT by DFG
The two astronauts who have already been stuck in space for more than 60 days may have to wait until early 2025 before they can return to Earth — following a trip to the International Space Station that was supposed to last just eight days.
NASA also acknowledged that the astronauts, who arrived on the maiden voyage of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, may have to be rescued by the rival SpaceX CrewDragon, though that vessel won’t be ready until February.
On Wednesday, NASA announced another delay in bringing home Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams during a news conference, with the agency saying it’s now looking more closely at an alternative plan utilizing SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission.
If tests in the coming weeks suggest that making the trip home on Starliner proves too risky, Steve Stich, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program manager, said Wilmore and Williams would have no choice but to hop on Crew-9’s return flight in February 2025.
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“How could they have enough supplies to last that long?”
Routine re-supply missions. Russia with Soyuz, SpaceX has the cargo Dragon capsule and NASA can fly Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus for re-supply. There are re-supply launches every three months.
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Where?
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-2.8/centery:-6.0/zoom:2
yup
I think they ALL are.
Sigma Six gets ya close, but still...
| Sigma level | Sigma (with 1.5σ shift) | DPMO | Percent defective | Percentage yield | Short-term Cpk | Long-term Cpk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | −0.5 | 691,462 | 69% | 31% | 0.33 | −0.17 |
| 2 | 0.5 | 308,538 | 31% | 69% | 0.67 | 0.17 |
| 3 | 1.5 | 66,807 | 6.7% | 93.3% | 1.00 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 2.5 | 6,210 | 0.62% | 99.38% | 1.33 | 0.83 |
| 5 | 3.5 | 233 | 0.023% | 99.977% | 1.67 | 1.17 |
| 6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 0.00034% | 99.99966% | 2.00 | 1.5 |
| 7 | 5.5 | 0.019 | 0.0000019% | 99.9999981% | 2.33 | 1.83 |
I thought so
Been a long time
They probably think it was a good thing to have a short delay as it was all new and now this... not so good.
Wearing the same clothes for months on end 🤢😖
THis will teach them not to put their seat in the full upright position.
These astronauts should sue Boeing for millions.
That rather sucks... Hope they brought extra batteries for their Game Boys!
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