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Astronauts who were supposed to take 8 day ISS trip may be stranded until 2025 due to Boeing spaceship issues
NY Post ^ | 08/07/2024 | Ronny Reyes

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 3hourtour; aspaceoddity; boeing; butchwilmore; dangerwillrobinson; iss; lostinspace; starjunker; starliner; starstinker; suniwilliams
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To: DFG

Hope they are getting paid hourly instead of salary.


41 posted on 08/07/2024 1:53:38 PM PDT by PTBAA
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To: DSH

The only real purpose the ISS had was burning up a stockpile of Soviet era boosters and now they can’t even do that.


42 posted on 08/07/2024 1:53:40 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: DEPcom

Not if they’re classified as exempt employees, like me.


43 posted on 08/07/2024 1:54:02 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!s)
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To: caver

Starliner Max 8.


44 posted on 08/07/2024 1:54:57 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: No name given
This reminds me of those movies “Gravity” and “Apollo 13”.

This reminds me of "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington".

45 posted on 08/07/2024 1:57:11 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: DFG

What a mess - these two were supposed to be home in a week or two.


46 posted on 08/07/2024 1:57:56 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: DFG

Have they contacted Sec. of Trans. Mrs Buttguy to sic their regulators on Boeing? Need to reimburse them for meals, lodging and $200 a night for the delays.


47 posted on 08/07/2024 1:59:55 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (We used to be a Republic, we are now a Fascist Klepto-Thugocracy.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

48 posted on 08/07/2024 2:00:05 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: DSH

“The ISS is itself a purposeless enterprise, serving as little more than a government jobs program for eggheads. The ISS is due to be de-orbited in 2030. No need to wait that long. Get all the astronauts off and drop it in the ocean as soon as possible.”

Agreed—before somebody gets killed up there.


49 posted on 08/07/2024 2:00:10 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: DFG

Just sit right back
And you’ll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this Boeing ship.
The mate was a mighty Astronaut,
The Skipper brave and sure,
Their passengers blast off that day,
For an eight day tour,
An eight day tour.

The spaceship started breaking down,
The tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
The Starliner would be lost.
The Starliner would be lost.


50 posted on 08/07/2024 2:01:18 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ("Gays for Gaza is like Chickens for KFC"- B. Netanyahu )
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To: CIB-173RDABN
What's never addressed is that there's constant solar radiation despite shielding, so astronauts' lose lifetime and productive longevity the longer they're under exposure to it.

This is a major obstacle to the Mars trek estimated to be six months total minimum at this time.

51 posted on 08/07/2024 2:02:03 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (We can never stop failing for the minute we do, we fail.)
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To: Magnum44

A bunch of us thought of Gilligan.


52 posted on 08/07/2024 2:04:23 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ("Gays for Gaza is like Chickens for KFC"- B. Netanyahu )
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To: DFG

Imagine the overtime…


53 posted on 08/07/2024 2:05:03 PM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: House Atreides

Good grief what a screwup.


54 posted on 08/07/2024 2:05:22 PM PDT by vmpolesov
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To: rfp1234

Or a biodome on the moon.


55 posted on 08/07/2024 2:06:34 PM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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To: 4Runner

“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.”

The station is continuously manned. Two sections. Seven births. Typical assignment is six months.


56 posted on 08/07/2024 2:08:54 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: T.B. Yoits
It's the Russians.

daXO0Rj.md.webp

57 posted on 08/07/2024 2:11:37 PM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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To: DFG

I think NASA may bump the schedule of Crew Dragon flights and on an emergency basis launch in about 40 days a flight with only a two-astronaut crew so the Starliner crew can be brought back.


58 posted on 08/07/2024 2:13:23 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (.FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: 4Runner

That could be good or bad, depending on significant others.


59 posted on 08/07/2024 2:15:54 PM PDT by caver ( )
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To: Indy Pendance

The best way to seriously explore and live on the Moon or Mars or any other planet is to have robots bring supplies and build underground shelters first.

Only when that is done—however long that takes—no matter how many trips it takes—should humans make the trip.


60 posted on 08/07/2024 2:19:18 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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