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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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: TexasGator

Seven births.


Babies have been born up there? Or did you mean berths?


61 posted on 08/07/2024 2:21:15 PM PDT by KittyKares
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To: cgbg
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.

That's how Earth was colonized.

62 posted on 08/07/2024 2:23:33 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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To: nomorelurker

“A Three Hour Cruise.
Might not be too bad for an updated Gilligan’s Island Series”

There was the “Gilligan’s Planet” cartoon series.


63 posted on 08/07/2024 2:27:49 PM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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To: DFG

I listened to Press Conference
Or as I describe as a NASA Spin Conference.


64 posted on 08/07/2024 2:29:22 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: DFG

a three-hour cruise


65 posted on 08/07/2024 2:33:37 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: DFG
It's a good thing there's a ballot drop box on the Starliner.

-PJ

66 posted on 08/07/2024 2:37:45 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: DFG

SpaceX Dragon was designed to fly 7 in a 4 + 3 two deck setup. For the love of all that is holy just send up crew 9 with the second row installed. Once at the ISS use the robot arm to move and hold that junker of starliner out of the docking port long enough to pull the seats and put them in the already docked Dragon then fly home with 4+2 in that Dragon. It’s not rocket science...or use the fact that Dragon can fly itself and undock the existing Dragon fly it a few Km away and hold just like they do for every normal arrival. Then fly in Crew 9 dock it pull the seats and undock it swap back in the other Dragon and fly home with 6. The absolute simplest is to fly Crew 9 with 6 seats and use it to bring NASA guys plus the older Dragon crew home home leaving the other Dragon to fly home Crew 9 Dragon has like a year of endurance docked to the ISS that older Dragon can just stay longer. This last way means dumping the Boeing turd for docking space before crew 9 gets there.


67 posted on 08/07/2024 2:38:22 PM PDT by GenXPolymath
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To: TexasGator
- Rescue date scheduled for Sept 24 ... -

It was originally scheduled for Aug 18, we'll see if this one works out.

68 posted on 08/07/2024 2:49:56 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: DFG; All

How could they have enough supplies to last that long?


69 posted on 08/07/2024 2:50:07 PM PDT by old-ager
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To: DFG

That’s what happens when you hire a libtard idiot to run NASA


70 posted on 08/07/2024 2:52:41 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: rfp1234

Space stations may prove to be effective penal colonies over the next decade.

Uppity prisoner’s cell and cell blocks could simply be de-orbited, solving the problem on the cheap.


71 posted on 08/07/2024 2:55:00 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: ridesthemiles

Plus the suits are incompatible with Dragon. Dragon suits are individually made. Also, Dragon seats are incompatible with the crew’s NASA suits.


72 posted on 08/07/2024 2:57:29 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: NWFree

And a prime contractor that fires engineers and hires useless DEI drones to work in QA. I speak from experience.


73 posted on 08/07/2024 2:58:36 PM PDT by Windcatcher
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To: No name given

I thought of “Marooned” with Gregory Peck.


74 posted on 08/07/2024 3:00:36 PM PDT by Fair Paul
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To: Blood of Tyrants

but no Ginger or Mary Ann


75 posted on 08/07/2024 3:25:50 PM PDT by xp38
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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.

Have you seen the female? I don’t think any spouses have anything to worry about.

76 posted on 08/07/2024 3:34:44 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: TexasGator
Rescue date scheduled for Sept 24 ...

Article says they would return on the Dragon that is scheduled to take Crew 9 to the ISS, and that won’t occur until February 2025. Another potential problem is that this particular Starliner capsule doesn’t have the software installed to enable it to undock or deorbit autonomously. They’re discussing a possible software upgrade, done remotely, but that’s apparently a little dicey as well. If they decide to bring the astronauts home on Dragon, then the Starliner can’t safely undock if they can’t upgrade the software, which would leave it occupying a needed docking port. They can’t just jettison it, because without autonomous navigation capability, it could hit the ISS. What a spectacular mess Boeing has created (yet again).

77 posted on 08/07/2024 3:43:16 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: nomorelurker

There was that atrocious Gilligan’s Planet” cartoon.


78 posted on 08/07/2024 3:45:42 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: rfp1234

The Exosquad cartoon went with the concept of flinging the unwanted towards the sun.

Naturally the good guys were rescued before burning up.


79 posted on 08/07/2024 3:48:12 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: DFG

Gilligan’s Space Station


80 posted on 08/07/2024 3:48:49 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
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