teft@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 26 days agoNASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsuleapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1186arrow-down1external-linkNASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsuleapnews.comteft@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 26 days agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·26 days agoTheir backup plan is to have the extra 2 astronauts lie on the floor of the Crew Dragon and reenter without suits. Yep. That’s still safer than Starliner.
minus-squarevoluble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·26 days agoThey will have suits. There is a spare on the ISS, and Dragon will bring another one up. They covered that in the press conference.
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·26 days agoI meant for the 3 weeks between when Starliner leaves and the Crew 9 Dragon gets there.
Their backup plan is to have the extra 2 astronauts lie on the floor of the Crew Dragon and reenter without suits. Yep. That’s still safer than Starliner.
They will have suits. There is a spare on the ISS, and Dragon will bring another one up. They covered that in the press conference.
I meant for the 3 weeks between when Starliner leaves and the Crew 9 Dragon gets there.