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They could have left at any time. There was a lifeboat available right there. Had there been a true emergency, they wouldn't have been trapped. So no, they wer
by crote 2y ago
They could have left at any time. There was a lifeboat available right there. Had there been a true emergency, they wouldn't have been trapped.
So no, they weren't stranded. They had to wait several months longer for a replacement crew, and the extended stay does indeed have some health impacts, but they never required rescue.
- lenkite 2y agoThe "lifeboat" did not apparently have custom seats for Williams and Wilmore and was deemed unsafe for re-entry and landing. So yes, they were effectively stranded as they had no technically safe means of return.
- enragedcacti 2y agoThat was only true until Crew-9 arrived in September, after that they could have at any point evacuated with the same configuration as the one they just came down in.