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2024-06-30 Science & Technology

Boeing Insists Astronauts 'Are Not Stranded' as They're Stuck in Space for over 3 Weeks

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 Starliner was astronauts' 'lifeboat' if shattered Russian satellite hit space station; still no return date

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-29 08:40|| 2024-06-29 08:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Ibelieve the word they are avoiding is marooned.

Skid,

That was a darned good movie - still holds up very well - and the final version of the book (Martin Caidin wrote three of them, one for each iteration of the space program) is still a can't-put-it-down page turner.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-06-30 06:40|| 2024-06-30 06:40|| Front Page Top

#3 NASA throws cover chaff.

Redundant 'insourcing' to reduce Russian launch dependencies.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-06-30 07:03|| 2024-06-30 07:03|| Front Page Top

#4 They're pining for the fjords

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-06-30 09:20|| 2024-06-30 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 I believe Caidin also wrote "Cyborg". Served as the genesis for "The Six Million Dollar Man". Loved that show as a kid.

Posted by Warthog 2024-06-30 09:39|| 2024-06-30 09:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Not "stranded", lost

Posted by Mercutio 2024-06-30 09:40|| 2024-06-30 09:40|| Front Page Top

#7 ISS was a boondoggle from the get-go. This is a fitting bookend.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-06-30 10:28|| 2024-06-30 10:28|| Front Page Top

#8 They aren't stranded.
They merely are choosing to live at the bus stop for a few weeks.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-06-30 10:49|| 2024-06-30 10:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Nobody is talking about how NASA is run by a guy older and more decrepit than Joe Bidet.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-06-30 10:51|| 2024-06-30 10:51|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ "But their pronouns!"

Posted by Frank G 2024-06-30 10:53|| 2024-06-30 10:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Better call ~~Saul~~ Elon.

Posted by alanc 2024-06-30 11:53|| 2024-06-30 11:53|| Front Page Top

#12 Um, Saul was a scammer. Lots of people think Musk is too...

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-06-30 13:31|| 2024-06-30 13:31|| Front Page Top

#13 Who thinks Elon is a scammer? People from Boeing and Nasa, most likely. Oh, and the super honorable ham and eggers at the DOJ who want their Baksheesh.

Posted by Regular+joe 2024-06-30 13:40|| 2024-06-30 13:40|| Front Page Top

#14 SpaceX makes money with a lot of gummint contracts. Starlink might become profitable soon. Tesla is utterly screwed if gummint subsidies stop.

You decide.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-06-30 13:45|| 2024-06-30 13:45|| Front Page Top

#15 A three hour tour.

Posted by Deacon+Blues 2024-06-30 15:22|| 2024-06-30 15:22|| Front Page Top

#16 ^^ Alas, no Mary Ann.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-06-30 16:49|| 2024-06-30 16:49|| Front Page Top

#17 Starlink has already reached profitability.
SpaceX would also be there, but they're putting the profits into developing superheavy.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-06-30 19:49|| 2024-06-30 19:49|| Front Page Top

#18 Hey, it worked with the Dems (Cough, cough, "Dr." Jill, cough.) and Biden!

Posted by Gleremble+Bucket3559 2024-06-30 21:50|| 2024-06-30 21:50|| Front Page Top

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