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To: Pollard

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.


31 posted on 01/09/2025 1:29:39 PM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (I know a lot about nothing.)
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To: Empireoftheatom48
Their space suits were not compatible.

And they said this wasn't a government job.

57 posted on 01/09/2025 1:46:00 PM PST by BipolarBob (I injured myself measuring radio frequencies. It still Hertz.)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that


61 posted on 01/09/2025 1:50:54 PM PST by 9422WMR
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To: Empireoftheatom48

” Their space suits were not compatible.”

More government incompetence. Why wouldn’t standardization and interchangeability not be a mandatory requirement for spacesuits across manufacturers? Did no one conceive of the likelihood a future astronaut would leave earth on one spacecraft and return on another?


87 posted on 01/09/2025 4:31:06 PM PST by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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