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Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by concordDance »

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 can tell this is a polarizing comment because it's been bouncing back and forth from -1 to +5 repeatedlt, but I don't really understand why...

Maybe one of the downvoters can explain?

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by davidguetta »

pell wrote: post #132
davidguetta wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Just what those political reasons were never specified. But the basic message was clear: Biden, bad; Trump, good" Bullshit. Musk was clear that the reason was that they didn't want someone pro trump having success so close to the election.

Musk says a lot of things. Naivety is on display when you accept them without skepticism.

i never said what he says is true, just that it was not "never specified"

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by exodust »

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.

Again, the topic is "crew returning to Earth." You, Berger, and whoever posted the arstechnica link have brought politics to the party.

I liked how they had a drone circling the recovery activity at the splashdown site. All live-streamed for our informed entertainment. SpaceX is undeniably doing a great job, although the starship explosions in our atmosphere I'm not a fan of, I look forward to that not happening.

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by justin66 »

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.

The TV show was called Gilligan's Island.

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by TeMPOraL »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Conversely, I can't imagine them saying they were happy and lucky beyond their dreams, even if they felt that way, because "being in space is more awesome than having a life" would be a view too controversial to voice, and wouldn't be received well by most of society.

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Post by echoangle »

cryptonector wrote: post #164
Denote6737 wrote: post #153

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What about all the other things. For example the crew dragon was docked back in september waiting for return. The last administration could have called for return at any point before the inaguration to claim glory, but didn't because they aren't hacks.

Having a docked ship is not enough. There must be a docked ship on station at all times for evacuations. The thing that was needed was another ship to take some people back and not everyone (well, all but any Russians, since they have their own ships).

Wrong, they could have packed all 4 astronauts (the 2 that came to the ISS on the dragon and Suni and Butch) into the docked dragon and returned at any point. They only waited for the next dragon (crew 10) so that not only the 3 people using the Soyuz would be left on the ISS. But this would have absolutely been possible. The remaining crew would have used their Soyuz in emergencies anyways, they don’t need the dragon.

Re: Crew-9 Returns to Earth

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Post by echoangle »

porphyra wrote: post #158
Denote6737 wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about all the other things. For example the crew dragon was docked back in september waiting for return. The last administration could have called for return at any point before the inaguration to claim glory, but didn't because they aren't hacks.

Why didn't they do it for the health of the astronauts? What would make doing so "hacks"?

Why would you do it for the health? Their stays weren’t extremely long compared to other ISS expeditions.
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