Posted on 08/07/2024 3:55:41 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
NASA astronauts stranded due to Boeing's faulty Starliner received horrifying news on Wednesday about their return mission to Earth.
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have already been trapped on the International Space Station (ISS) for more than two months, may not come back to Earth until February 2025.
The US space agency revealed a contingency plan that would launch a two-person crew on SpaceX's Crew-9 mission in September, but still wouldn't bring the crew home until months later.
The announcement is another highly embarrassing blow for the embattled Boeing, which is dealing with a spate of issues plaguing its commercial jets.
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That new software is likely vaporware - it doesn't exist.
“It’s down to you and me. Rock, paper, scissors?”
(Coin flipping doesn’t work in zero-g)
The seats on the Dragon are not comparable with their suits. Dragon suits are made for the individual. Their suits are also not comparable with Dragon
There are only 2 docking ports - the current Dragon mission has one, and the Starleaker has the other. There is not practical way to un-dock the Starleaker without some one inside.
The information I’ve seen says they don’t know if they can swap out the software or not.
The other issue is the capsule’s batteries are getting low
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