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What’s the option if Starliner is not cleared for return? Elon to the rescue?
by gregorymichael 2y ago
What’s the option if Starliner is not cleared for return? Elon to the rescue?
- jamiedumont 2y agoAre the Russian Soyuz still being used as ISS-taxis?
- recursivecaveat 2y agoYes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_human_spaceflight_missions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_human_spacef... Apparently they continuously keep at least one docked there as well as an escape pod.
- alisiddiq 2y agoThat will just Elongate the process
- snowwrestler 2y agoStarliner is currently cleared to return. The astronauts are not stranded. Mission leadership has opted to extend the stay on the station because it is the best place to troubleshoot the issues they are having.
- consumer451 2y agoThe best option I heard in the previous post on this topic was to bump two astronauts off of SpaceX's Crew-9 in August. Then Suni and Butch would stay up another 180 days and come down with Crew-9.