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Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by verzali »

fooker wrote: post #96
concordDance wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard rumors that SpaceX suggested another mission to bring them back earlier, but as it would only have been a couple of months earlier NASA very sensibly declined (not worth >100 million to reduce their time in space by a third). Know if there's anything to that? Might explain some of the odd rhetoric.

SpaceX offered to do it for free. Publicly.

When? Do you have a link?

Because the most recent delay was down to SpaceX. Their new dragon capsule was not ready on time to collect them, so they had to shift and replan for an older one.

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by rdtsc »

fabian2k wrote: post #99
exodust wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The topic is "crew returns to Earth" not arstechnica's routine political spin. Does arstechnica mention the dolphins even once? Nope. How about Trump? Six times ! Meanwhile, sibling comment applauds the writer for his "knowledge of space topics".

Musk and Trump made this political, not Eric Berger.

When was space not political?

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by exodust »

senectus1 wrote: post #73

This whole thing has made me very angry. they were not trapped or stranded... they were re-scheduled. This sort of shit happens a lot. the whole "stranded" wordage is being repeated by the MSM seemingly at the behest of the Trump administration and associated cronies.

> "they were re-scheduled"

You're over-correcting and understating. "Nothing to see here" is not how we describe 8 days turning into 9 months.

Don't be angry about hype. Everyone has access to what the astronauts say themselves. In this case, their remarks have been ambiguous, probably because they don't want to be drawn into a shit-storm. They didn't want to be "victims" in any way, so they were not "stranded". But their Boeing shuttle did suffer problems, and that isn't nothing, nor is it a "scheduling issue".

End of the day, it was great to see the parachutes open. Health complications can arise for astronauts stuck in space that long. Their return was overdue to the point of being concerning for most people. Fair?

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by rdtsc »

concordDance wrote: post #92
pveierland wrote: post #76

Eric Berger has a good summary on the narrative: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/can-nasa-remain-nonpar...

I've heard rumors that SpaceX suggested another mission to bring them back earlier, but as it would only have been a couple of months earlier NASA very sensibly declined (not worth >100 million to reduce their time in space by a third). Know if there's anything to that? Might explain some of the odd rhetoric.

> I've heard rumors that SpaceX suggested another mission to bring them back earlier, but as it would only have been a couple of months earlier NASA very sensibly declined (not worth >100 million to reduce their time in space by a third).

I guess it came down to money more than politics? But interestingly that part is missing from reporting about this. Which, if true, reporters hiding that yet saying “let’s not make it political” are making it political. Which sadly is also not surprising.

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Post by kubb »

ChadNauseam wrote: post #3

I remember some discourse saying they were not "trapped" in space (as in physically unable to get to earth safely), they just didn't want there to be only one american crew member on the ISS, or something along those lines. Is anyone on the ISS now, or did they all come home?

I'm trapped in a 9 to 5, will the Good President help me?

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by mavhc »

somenameforme wrote: post #43
ChadNauseam wrote: post #3

I remember some discourse saying they were not "trapped" in space (as in physically unable to get to earth safely), they just didn't want there to be only one american crew member on the ISS, or something along those lines. Is anyone on the ISS now, or did they all come home?

They were scheduled to stay there for 8 days and had Boeing's vessel proven flight worthy, they would have returned after 8 days. The messaging beyond that was just political in nature. They could have been rescued, but were left on the station until after the election. The situation resulted in significant issues for the next crewing [1] leading to some interesting things like the first time a Russian cosmonaut was…

Boeing have forgotten how to make spaceships, and airplanes
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