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NASA and Boeing say Starliner astronauts ‘are not stranded,’ but will be on the ISS for a few more weeks (www.engadget.com)

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[–] atocci@lemmy.world 43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Completely untrue. There are currently only 3 human-rated spacecraft docked to the ISS and none of them are set aside as some sort of emergency capsule. There's no trickery here. The number of astronauts on board is equal to the number of seats available for them to ride back home in. The only reason they aren't stranded is because Starliner is still fully capable of undocking and taking them home whenever necessary. If it wasn't, then they would actually be stranded with no alternative way back beyond straping them to the floor of Dragon.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Getting strapped to the floor of a Dragon sounds like a great plot for a space thriller

[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Almost happened to Frank Rubio when the radiator blew on his ride.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Wow, that's a great fucking read!