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No βStUcK iN sPaCE.β
Itβs quite a thing that they are up there for so long βdue to Boeing.β Though. But thatβs some exhausted discourse. Whew.
Well, technically they're stuck, because I don't think there's enough seats to get everyone home without the Boeing capsule, until a SpaceX one arrives in 6 months.
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.