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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A Three Hour Cruise.
Might not be too bad for an updated Gilligan’s Island Series
It MUST be risky if they already stay up so long and now maybe for six months! Incredible. So funny if SpaceX has to ultimately rescue them. Musk should prep that for next month and offer a free rescue for the advertising it would offer.
Seems like there's no end to it.
Sounds like they are on a Boeing 737.
Without starliner? Pretty sure they didn’t pack enough undies. Hmmmmmmm? Will that interfere with other planned activities? Purty sure that’d be a yup!. Will Elon send an empty ship up to fetch them? For a price I’m sure. Deorbit the Boeing star liner into the Pacific.
Wonder if they will get over time pay.
So why did they send up the Starliner in the first place?
Ground Control to Boeing Crew
Ground Control to Boeing Crew
Take your can of Flex Seal and put your helmet on
(Ten) Ground Control (Nine) to Major Tom (Eight, seven)
(Six) Commencing (Five) countdown, engines on
(Four, three, two)
Check ignition (One) and may God's love (Lift off) be with you
This is Ground Control to the Boeing Crew
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
This is the Boeing Crew to Ground Control
We're stepping through the door
The capsule's leaking in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here we're sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing we can do
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows
Ground Control to the Starleaker Crew
Your capsule's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Starleaker Crew?
Can you hear me, Starleaker Crew?
Can you hear me, Starleaker Crew?
Can you?
Here we're floating 'round a tin can
Far above the moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing we can do
No, they would either bump two from the next crew or add two more seats to the next dragon.
Space stations may prove to be effective penal colonies over the next decade, if Gitmo gets shut down.
“The two astronauts who have already been stuck in space for more than 60 days may have to wait until early 2025”
Rescue date scheduled for Sept 24 ...
“Musk should prep that for next month “
Already booked. Sept 24.
“Will Elon send an empty ship up to fetch them?”
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Maybe. More likely he’ll carry up the two Boeing/NASA astronauts’ vacuum-ready space suits which Boeing/NASA allegedly neglected to include when launching them to the ISS.
Are the two astronauts married (not to each other) and have spouses on earth? Or are they single? This could get interesting if they have to stay together for seven more months.
DEI
lol. That would cost at least 60 million dollars per person just to get there.
People need to realize this was a test flight specifically to find these types of problems. Both astronauts are experienced test pilots. It is not even called Starliner 1 and still considered a test platform.
IIRC-—THE STARLINER NEEDS TO BE RELEASED FROM IT’S DOCK SPACE AT THE ISS BEFORE ANY OTHER VEHICLE CAN PERFORM A RESCUE.
NO PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE-—————
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