Posted on 01/29/2025 8:51:11 AM PST by tkocur
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has tasked his new Department of Government Efficiency head, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, with bringing home two astronauts who he said have been "abandoned" by the Biden administration.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been in space for the last 8 months and Trump blasted the former president for not acting sooner.
"I have just asked Elon Musk and @SpaceX to ‘go get’ the 2 brave astronauts who have been virtually abandoned in space by the Biden Administration. They have been waiting for many months on @Space Station. Elon will soon be on his way. Hopefully, all will be safe. Good luck Elon!!!" posted Trump.
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That wild woman really needs a haircut. At least send up a barber.
Butch and Sundance? Nice going boeing.
I’m pretty sure that their scheduled return date was already set... and then delayed back in DEC, as SpaceX needed more time. If so, this is a very empty PR stunt, and a poorly executed one at that.
Abandoned by way of forgotten. They’re only Americans, so they’re expendable. Just like in Afghanistan, Benghazi, etc.
NASA is already yammering to the media that the astronauts aren’t stuck or abandoned ... obviously, it’s past time for a whole bunch of folks at NASA to be fired or demoted to floor buffing duties ...
Um, bingo.
Been planning for this since the Starliner was ignominiously de-orbited back in September...
That wild woman really needs a haircut. At least send up a barber.
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She is disgusting with her filthy hair.
“If so, this is a very empty PR stunt, and a poorly executed one at that.”
not empty at all: it’s a fact that Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been in space for eight months when the original mission was to stay only eight days!
President Trump’s statements highlight YET ANOTHER instance of gross incompetence and failure by the biden administration ...
From August 24th 2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5087892/nasa-starliner-astronaut-return-iss-spacex
“NASA will bring stranded astronauts back on SpaceX — not Boeing’s Starliner”
Boeing’s Starliner will come back to Earth empty, and the two astronauts who took it up into orbit on a test flight will return in a capsule built by a competing company, SpaceX.
The long-awaited decision by NASA means the astronauts will have to cool their heels on the International Space Station until February...
Original return plan.
I think most of the delay is the custom fabrication of the SpaceX space suits for Butch & Suni. Apparently you can’t fly in the SpaceX capsule without THAT suit. I don’t know what the lead-time would be on a suit... probably on the order of several months to a year. That, by itself, explains the delay.
In space-speak, that’s
“Free return trajectory”
;-)
What’s wrong with her hair?
“She is disgusting with her filthy hair.”
I remember reading that the beauty salon on the ISS was shut down years ago due to budget cuts.
I think the suit comes with two pairs of pants, which would add production time.
Trump wasn’t POTUS in December. I don’t remember hearing anything about Musk. So, whose stunt are you talking about?
WE ALL KNEW last fall that MUSK would be rescuing them.
We just didn’t know when.
NASA HAS DROPPED THE BALL.
EXPLAIN HOW SHE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW????
She went on an 8 DAY trip into Space.
Been there for a very long time.
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