• nadram@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Fingers crossed for the Boeing capsule to safely complete reentry, straight into the CEO’s office 🤞🤞

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    3 months ago

    Clear headline. 👍

    No “StUcK iN sPaCE.”

    It’s quite a thing that they are up there for so long “due to Boeing.” Though. But that’s some exhausted discourse. Whew.

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      3 months ago

      They are certainly there with no means to return until February, which they will do on a different company’s capsule, from a mission that was supposed to last 8 days and instead will last 8 months. That sounds like stuck to me.

      Whose fault is it, if not Boeing’s?

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        Maybe I’m just a jelly earthbound dude but having my space trip extended from 8 days to 8 months? Fuck yeah. I would LOVE the chance to be in space long enough to get bored of being in space.

        Problems caused by being in space for too long? I’d be grateful to have them.

        Risk my life just to leave the atmosphere and possibly die in space because it’s hard at so damn dangerous to humans? Sign. Me. The. Fuck. Up.

        I’m sure they kiss their families but man am I envious.

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            3 months ago

            Haaa I hadn’t noticed but man I agree it’s better that way.

            I also love that people are down voting someone who’s is acknowledging the risks and problems and wanting what they are experiencing.

            I get that this situation isn’t what they were expecting, but I’d be stoked to be in it.

            Then again maybe it’s because I’m focused on the space part instead of shitting on Boeing and spacex

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              3 months ago

              Yeah, not sure why people are downvoting you for expressing an opinion which affects no one other than yourself. People are weird sometimes.

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          3 months ago

          “sure getting murdered is bad but at least you don’t have to worry about your student loans”

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            3 months ago

            Person wants thing, acknowledges the risks involved and still wants thing.

            Envious of people who are experiencing thing. Posts about it.

            Gets a response from some stupid shit like you. Please stop breathing you’re just a fucking oxygen thief.

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      NASA update a few weeks back said all 27 thrusters passed multiple hot fire simulations of the return mission. That overall things looked fine. And they still felt safety factor of riding home on Dragon was better.

      Kinda neat that there are multiple options now. NASA mission leaders felt the same a while back. Even if Starliner seems fine to come home why take even that slight bit of risk.

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      3 months ago

      who would dare to risk reentry in that piece of shit.

      Keyboard warriors of the internet.

      I saw comments mentioning how it was a minor annoyance and they’d be back home in the same craft same week or something close.

      Kids, this is why you take anything from the internet with healthy dose of skepticism.