buh [she/her] to news • 1 month agoBoeing's Starliner astronauts could return on SpaceX capsule in Feb 2025, NASA saysexternal-linkmessage-square27 fedilinkarrow-up154
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minus-squareEmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]hexbear14·1 month agoHow fast would they be home if they contacted china or russia to pick them up? link
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]hexbear23·1 month agoChina's banned from the ISS, by US decree. And I'm sure there's some sanctions against Russia that prevents them, too. I'm sure Elon Musk isn't their first choice of rescue but might be their only. Hoist by thine own petard. link
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziphexbear1·1 month agoBezos doesn't have anything ready? Tsk tsk. linkfedilink
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]hexbear1·1 month agoI'm assuming Bezos doesn't want the bad publicity in case it becomes OceanGate 2: Challenger Columbia Boogaloo link
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziphexbear1·1 month agoTrue, and Musk has very much embraced "no press is bad press". linkfedilink
minus-squareAssian_Candor [comrade/them]hexbear8·1 month ago now the latter has occupied one “permanently”, They should just cut it off with an angle grinder link
minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mlhexbear2·1 month agowhat if the astronauts rig up the working rcs thrusters to their spacesuits and blast out to the Chinese space station? linkfedilink
How fast would they be home if they contacted china or russia to pick them up?
China's banned from the ISS, by US decree. And I'm sure there's some sanctions against Russia that prevents them, too. I'm sure Elon Musk isn't their first choice of rescue but might be their only.
Hoist by thine own petard.
Bezos doesn't have anything ready? Tsk tsk.
I'm assuming Bezos doesn't want the bad publicity in case it becomes OceanGate 2: Challenger Columbia Boogaloo
True, and Musk has very much embraced "no press is bad press".
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They should just cut it off with an angle grinder
what if the astronauts rig up the working rcs thrusters to their spacesuits and blast out to the Chinese space station?