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Too bad they are not equipped to rescue the 2 astro nauts Boeing has been left stranded on the ISS for over a month. There they are munching up unbudgeted food
by ThinkBeat 2y ago
Too bad they are not equipped to rescue the 2 astro
nauts Boeing has been left stranded on the ISS for over a month.
There they are munching up unbudgeted food and oxygen.
Which will not be a problem, since ISS should have a reserve
supply for 3 months, but it should impact the the next supply run.
Will Boeing bring them back?
I would think NASA has reached out to SpaceX, and possibly the Russians (? in today political climate?) and asked what their rescue capabilities might be.
SpaceX seems likely to be able to prepare rescue rocket fairly quickly?
- dotnet00 2y agoIf they were actually stranded, the Crew Dragon being prepared for a private flight in August would probably be in the process of being prepared for heading to the ISS instead. They are not stranded. They are staying because this Starliner is rated for 45 days at the station and since the service module (the location of the helium leak) is disposed of before reentry. Better to delay and attempt to gather as much information about the leak as possible while they can still run tests than have to try to figure out what might've been wrong after the fact.