Two astronauts who left Earth in June remain at International Space Station after issues with Boeing’s Starliner capsule

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  • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    Boeing: It's very important to remember they are absolutely not stranded, they could walk home whenever they want they're just having too much fun on the leaky ISS and don't want to.

  • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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    1 month ago

    maybe they should ask for help from a country that actually has functioning spacecraft?

    or boeing could stop killing their whistleblowers and actually try shrug-outta-hecks

  • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    Jesus christ that can't be healthy long term, doesn't microgravity lead to losses in bone and muscle density?

    • Ech@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      The average stay on the iss is 6 months, with the longest being nearly a year. They know how to deal with the effects of these things, so it's not going to be a huge problem.

    • fox [comrade/them]
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      1 month ago

      Yes, but the iss has dedicated exercise stations that help slow down the loss

      • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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        1 month ago

        That's good, so honestly it's just trying to stay sane on what was originally a short week or so trip, here's hoping they didn't have any plans for the holidays.