Posted on 08/24/2024 10:27:24 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The two Boeing Starliner astronauts who have been stranded in space for 80 days will stay in space for another six months, NASA officials announced Saturday.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are now expected to return to Earth in February, while the Starliner will be brought back unmanned.
Veteran astronauts Wilmore and Williams launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner back on June 5 — the maiden crewed voyage for the spacecraft — for what was supposed to be an eight-day mission docked to the International Space Station.
The test flight, however, encountered thruster failures and helium leaks so serious that NASA kept the capsule parked as engineers tried to find a solution.
Saturday’s announcement came on the pair’s 80th day in space.
The decision to bring the astronauts home in February was the result of a “commitment to safety,” Nelson explained.
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“...while the Starliner will be brought back unmanned.”
“Brought back” you say?
Probably more like it will come crashing back to earth and hopefully not kill anyone.
I can believe that. What I've read is the Russians grow weary of each other, especially if no Americanski to make fun of.
“55 years ago, we landed men on the moon 238,900 miles away”
Well, that’s what THEY say.
Breaking new on Fox about 5 minutes ago, Elon is going to get them!!
> DEI über alles... <
And the worst part is that liberals learn NOTHING from events like this one.
Smarter liberals might admit to themselves that this particular event was a DEI failure. But then they’ll quickly apply a central tenet of liberalism: “Next time it will be different.”
But of course it won’t be.
WOW!! And blocking a docking port as well.
I hope Suni doesn’t have a voice like Kamala.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXv9AZl3fw4
Good news. I knew he’d been asked about it.
An 8-day trip turns into, at best, a 260-day trip. It is good they have enough food. It isn’t just Boeing; it is NASA and the Federal government under Biden. Incompetence and corruption.
Think of the potential plots for movies and TV.
Gilligan’s Spaceship.
Horror Movie, if there wasn’t enough food, could either astronaut go to sleep?
Romance Movie. Think of the conflicts in a movie with younger astronauts. What would the two spouses on earth do?
Ever few minutes, they’d be flying over a different jurisdiction, so it would be un-judicable. Maybe the federal Jones Act?
And people wonder where Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ comes from.
“Brought back”?
Well, at least now I know where to send their Christmas cards
but they’re getting Space Pay and Overtime ,LOL
It was supposed to be a 3 hour tour...
Gilligan’s Island, 2024 version
These poor people.
Have they had resupply yet? Two extra guys is a burden on resources
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That’s what I was wondering, too.
Do they have jobs to do?
Why is there only one docking station? There shoould always be a back-up.
Its a good thing they aren’t on mars.
Ditching the craft is the right decision. Not making deals to bring the astronauts back is the wrong one. Hire Musk, the Russkis or the Chicoms.
Schedule written in mud. Thin mud.
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