Posted on 01/09/2025 1:10:17 PM PST by dennisw
The American astronauts who have been stranded in space for seven months have hinted at the toll their unexpected mission is taking.
Butch Wilmore, 62, and Sunita Williams, 59, were heard telling NASA bigwigs 'eventually, we want to go home' during a video call on Wednesday.
The pair first landed at the International Space Station (ISS) on June 5 and they have been stuck there ever since.
Their visit was only supposed to be eight days long. But due to safety concerns, NASA decided to send the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they arrived on back to Earth without anyone inside.
In August 2024, it was decided that the left-behind astronauts would return home on a SpaceX aircraft in 2025.
On Wednesday, Wilmore and Williams joined fellow astronauts Nick Hague, 49, and Don Pettit, 69, at the ISS to share more details about their lives in space.
The astronauts participated in a video call with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy.
Williams shared how she and Wilmore have been feeling about their shocking circumstances and adapting to their extended space stay.
'Yeah, eventually we want to go home, because we left our families a little while ago, but we have a lot to do while we’re up here,' she revealed.
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Sue Boeing.
I think in a couple of weeks, Trump will tell Elon, go get those people, if he hasn’t already.
It’s like the earth is standing still for two more weeks.
What’s the daily rate in outer space?
If I were Butch Wilmore or Sunita Williams, I would be dictating a diary and parts of my life story book. That when I get back to earth, I would get a good ghostwriter to transform into a book.
“..I’m trying to think of something that the government does well ...”
Well, they’re world-reknown experts at lying, stealing, cheating and performing “legalized theft” of the American populace. Other than that, the U.S. mail does seem to show up on occasion.../s
“They spent what???
For that type of coin, they could resettle every Ukranian on the moon!”
NASA has been doing a crackerjack job... of Moslem outreach.
Space X had to modify its capsule to be able to get them home, it is taking a little longer to complete the modifications. Their space suits were not compatible.
“Iron Man One this is Houston CAPCOM”
Buzz Aldrin filed a travel voucher for $33.31 after returning from the moon in 1969 — not sure what the rates are today but it’s probably not much as most everything is provided to them from the government.
It’s the ‘International’ space station.
I would have thought Russia would have broght cosmonauts and brough back the current crew? I though that was the way this International space station was suppose to work.
“...Personally, I think the government has given up on the astronauts....”
Well, when one considers the government leadership consisting of King pedoPIG The First and/or the 3rd term their mighty messiah god; odongo, along with this huge host of their DEI government morons, many here would tend to agree with ya..
This fiasco was the Biden era in a nutshell.
A three hour tour.
Field conditions.
This is not happening anytime soon. Boeing and Lockheed have gotten weak suckling on the government teat. All others are far behind. Fortunately Musk loves the USA. I have great hope for what DJT and Elon will do.
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