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

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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    4 months 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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    4 months 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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    4 months 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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      4 months 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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      4 months ago

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

      • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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        4 months 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.