Can we officially call our astronauts "stranded" now?

[Cedric]

NASA Has Some Bad News for Its Stranded Astronauts

An eight-day stay aboard the space station looks set to become eight months or more.

time.com

P.S. My eyes may be bad, but I didn't know we had a senior astronaut corps.

 

[trader]

boeing is just finishing the new 797 - should be good to go get them /s

 

[ECS686]

Meanwhile NAS hired a new spokesperson

 

[trader]

hey that's baghdad bob - awesome spokesman!

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

i would hate to the insurer of boing........no company in the world could afford that

 

[KillerFord1977]

Not Major Tom status yet, but they’re getting there .

 

[Talyn]

No. The two are no more stranded than the current crew that go up & down in SpaceX or Russkie capsules.

There are plans to bring them down on a SpaceX ship if there's a need.

The reason they're staying up is Boeing can only properly test the thruster issue under space conditions.

 

[Old_Me]

reason #1 to not go to outer space...

Boeing.....



besides that, i'm clasedtropho....custiphob.....closedtroph......


skeered of tiny places..........

 

[Talyn]

I think the Starliner crew is still having fun up there.

Three squares a day, and great view.

 

[Old_Me]

I think the Starliner crew is still having fun up there.

Three squares a day, and great view.

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sooner or later..the food runs out.....cannibalism is near.

 

[Talyn]

sooner or later..the food runs out.....cannibalism is near.

The station gets resupplied with food, water, air, fuel, scientific equipment, and other necessities every three months.

Here are some of the vehicles that have been used to resupply the ISS:

• Progress
  The first cargo craft to dock with the ISS in 2000, the Progress resupply ship from Roscosmos is the most frequent cargo ship sent from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  
  
• H-II Transfer Vehicle
  Nicknamed Kounotori "White Stork", this vehicle from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
  
  
• Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
  This vehicle from the European Space Agency (ESA) has been launched to resupply the ISS.
  
  
• SpaceX Dragon
  This cargo craft from SpaceX launched to the ISS for the first time in 2012.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

The station gets resupplied with food, water, air, fuel, scientific equipment, and other necessities every three months.

Here are some of the vehicles that have been used to resupply the ISS:

• Progress
  The first cargo craft to dock with the ISS in 2000, the Progress resupply ship from Roscosmos is the most frequent cargo ship sent from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  
  
• H-II Transfer Vehicle
  Nicknamed Kounotori "White Stork", this vehicle from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
  
  
• Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
  This vehicle from the European Space Agency (ESA) has been launched to resupply the ISS.
  
  
• SpaceX Dragon
  This cargo craft from SpaceX launched to the ISS for the first time in 2012.

you forgot Tang

 

[Shibadog]

Methinks I’d wait for a Space X flight home….

 

[trader]

I remember seeing the Columbia, Challenger go boom. don't want any more of that

 

[Shibadog]

Ditto

 

[Old_Me]

The station gets resupplied with food, water, air, fuel, scientific equipment, and other necessities every three months.

Here are some of the vehicles that have been used to resupply the ISS:

• Progress
  The first cargo craft to dock with the ISS in 2000, the Progress resupply ship from Roscosmos is the most frequent cargo ship sent from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  
  
• H-II Transfer Vehicle
  Nicknamed Kounotori "White Stork", this vehicle from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
  
  
• Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
  This vehicle from the European Space Agency (ESA) has been launched to resupply the ISS.
  
  
• SpaceX Dragon
  This cargo craft from SpaceX launched to the ISS for the first time in 2012.

so manned or unmanned crafts..??

no room to ferry people back..???

 

[Talyn]

so manned or unmanned crafts..??

no room to ferry people back..???

As I mentioned earlier there are plans to bring the crew back on a SpaceX craft (Dragon 2), "if" needed.

There are two variants of the Dragon spacecraft: Crew Dragon, capable of ferrying four crewmembers, and Cargo Dragon.

SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

www.spacex.com

SpaceX Dragon 2 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

No cannibalism needed.

 

[NMEDGE]

I don't think i would want to go up there. Can't take long walks.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

I don't think i would want to go up there. Can't take long walks.

Someone will get lots of nap time....not saying who

 

[Old_Me]

Someone will get lots of nap time....not saying who

won't be me, i ain't getting my ass shot into outer space......