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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That’s going to be a nice Overtime paycheck.
I wonder if they have a contingency plan for if someone dies? Probably.
Pretty much summarizes the Biden administration.... A new start that ended in disaster. Most of us knew it would.
They're too woke and Jeff Bezos is no longer hungry.
Send Elon to get them.
Who’s Sue Boeing? Besides, Boeing advised NASA that the crew would make it home. It was NASA’s decision not too. Turns out Boeing was right.
” 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?
BOEING WILL NEVER CATCH UP.
GOO MANY PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS & TOO MANY QUESTIONING EVERY DECISION-—AND THEN ADD IN DEI.
GET MUSK UP THERE WITH EQUIPMENT BEFORE THIS IS ANOTHER NASA DISASTER
BEST SOLUTION AVAILABLE
BETCHA IS ALREADY HAS BEEN A TOPIC BETWEEN THEM
We were stuck in the airport this week for a five and a half hour delay, and we thought that was bad.
They are good at printing money.
BUT—_THAT WAS DELIBERATE
I know you’re trying to put down NASA, but that but that muzzle thing was many years ago, and they aren’t doing anything along those lines. It was during Obozo’s reign. He’s not in power wnymore. I don’t know what you’re trying to get at. Do we just abolish NASA?
When was the last time NASA had a successful launch?
I think that was the SLS test shot. Everything else was either ULA or SpaceX.
It would be neat if the guy yelled HELP ME! and from the side the woman flies into view with her hands reaching out for his neck.
Yes, but it was a good movie for a pleasant diversion...........
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