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Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by dyauspitr »

ta1243 wrote: post #334
indoordin0saur wrote: post #316

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Before he took his recent (regrettable) turn he did pour his heart and soul (and personal fortune) into SpaceX for over a decade. If it weren't for SpaceX we'd be relying on the incompetent monstrosities of Boeing or ULA.

It seemed to all start going wrong with "pedo guy". Before then Musk was doing great things at Tesla and SpaceX. After that he started getting more and more unhinged, leading through to buying twitter, then trying to get out of it, then doubling down.

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Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by mjrpes »

throwway120385 wrote: post #295
queuebert wrote: post #274

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If that's true, why did the astronauts confirm Musk's version of the story in an interview? Genuinely asking ...

What interview? Can you link it?

Probably cherry picking their c-span interview on March 4:

> Asked about the claims of political motivations for their extended stay, Wilmore said that Musk and Trump may have information “that we are not privy to.”

But then he says:

> But, he said, “from my standpoint, politics is not playing into this at all. From our standpoint, I think that they would agree, we came up prepared to stay long, even though we plan to stay short.”

The fact check article is pretty comprehensive: https://www.factcheck.org/2025/03/the-facts-behind-the-delay...

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by enragedcacti »

lordfrito wrote: post #358
enragedcacti wrote: post #308

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They have had a completely normal emergency evacuation plan since 9/24/24, if they were ever "stranded" it was before that when they would have had to use the Crew-8 Dragon in an abnormal configuration. Is any astronaut who stays longer than planned "stranded"? Did Elon strand Crew-9 when SpaceX missed their deadline on building the Crew-10 Dragon? Or is it just if you can't go home whenever you want? Are Crew-10 str…

> Is any astronaut who stays longer than planned "stranded"? If the reason they're staying longer than planned is they can't use their planned return spacecraft, then yes they are stranded. What am I missing here?

I don't see why the planned return craft has anything to do with being trapped somewhere. If my yacht runs aground on a deserted island and I choose not to leave on the perfectly functional dinghy to an island town 5 miles away, am I stranded?

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Post by exodust »

indoordin0saur wrote: post #316
madeofpalk wrote: post #150

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I don't think Elon really had that much to do with this.

Before he took his recent (regrettable) turn he did pour his heart and soul (and personal fortune) into SpaceX for over a decade. If it weren't for SpaceX we'd be relying on the incompetent monstrosities of Boeing or ULA.

> recent (regrettable) turn

It's only regrettable through the lens of partisan politics. DOGE is undeniably a good concept.

You will notice governments around the world copying the method. That is, launching initiatives to audit everything, cut wasteful spending, expose corrupt spending, and trim bureaucratic inefficiency via external oversight. It would be regrettable not to undertake the task.

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Post by pavon »

ta1243 wrote: post #336
indoordin0saur wrote: post #322

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Flights to Mars in about 5 years though! I can't imagine how amazing it would be to be one of the first geologists getting out on foot and exploring those canyons, mountains, lava tubes and caves...

Not without spin gravity. Imagine 5 years of weightlessness then having to get out on foot.

Travel time to Mars is 3-9 months depending on how fast you travel, probably still to early to know where a Space X Starship trip would fall in that range. The 5 years is referencing Musk's latest optimistic prediction for when the first manned flight would occur. Still, re-adapting to gravity on arrival will be an issue.

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Post by ThrowawayTestr »

ta1243 wrote: post #334
indoordin0saur wrote: post #316

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Before he took his recent (regrettable) turn he did pour his heart and soul (and personal fortune) into SpaceX for over a decade. If it weren't for SpaceX we'd be relying on the incompetent monstrosities of Boeing or ULA.

It seemed to all start going wrong with "pedo guy". Before then Musk was doing great things at Tesla and SpaceX. After that he started getting more and more unhinged, leading through to buying twitter, then trying to get out of it, then doubling down.

Don't abuse ketamine, kids.

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by ThrowawayTestr »

rdtsc wrote: post #90
tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #83

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Wasn't this (or rather, the original short mission) expected to likely be the last mission for them anyways, due to age? I really hope they'll at some point clearly say either "well, of course we missed our families, but really, getting such an opportunity was AWESOME and Boeing's misfortune was a huge lucky event for us" or "Being up there is awesome, but quite honestly, having to do it unexpectedly really sucked".…

> And I don't think that it is the slightest bit unprofessional to have feelings about where you spent a year of your life, or to talk about those feelings. I think it’s cultural. Astronauts I think are more disciplined and more professional on average than an average Joe. Even if they hated it they probably wouldn’t mention it publicly. Maybe after they retire from NASA completely.

>Astronauts I think are more disciplined and more professional on average than an average Joe.

All astronauts are military service members. I'd expect nothing less.

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Post by ThrowawayTestr »

esskay wrote: post #136
michelsedgh wrote: post #5

They should make a movie about this, it was all fun we were going to space for 8 days and stayed for 9 MONTHS STRANDED NO WAY BACK HOME. i felt so bad for them honestly. Glad they’re safe and home now.

Nobody was stranded. It's amazing how effective lying to people has become.

They weren't stranded, they just had no way of going home which was totally and completely planned for.

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Post by sieabahlpark »

cman1444 wrote: post #333
93po wrote: post #277

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Interesting to complain about partisan politics and then write an extremely partisan article

How would it be possible to critique these partisan comments by Trump and Musk without writing an article like this? What would you have preferred they said?

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Post by nailer »

sanderjd wrote: post #327
nailer wrote: post #291

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> authoritarian regime There was an election. Someone won. Someone lost. HN is not a place for baseless conspiracy theories. You’ve been here long enough to know better.

"Authoritarian" is a philosophy of how to govern. It is orthogonal to whether the government was fairly elected. (It's true that many authoritarian regimes seek to eliminate or corrupt elections, but being fairly elected is compatible with being authoritarian.)

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