• ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    62
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    2 months ago

    I know people have spent longer on the ISS but at some point, I’d come back in a Home Depot bucket wearing a spacesuit with some scuba gear.

    And for those who want to argue about the heat shielding on a Home Depot bucket, I’d be responsible about it. I’d glue all kinds of shit to it. Steal a parachute from the Roscosmos side. I’d be fine.

    “You’d land in the Indian Ocean."

    This isn’t rocket science. It’s the opposite. I’ll land where I want. I’d aim for your mom’s house and land in her bedroom. Injuries would include a crushed pelvis and not from the fall. That’s just what happens when I visit your mom.

  • Obinice@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    2 months ago

    What if this whole thing was a ruse and they’re keeping them up there because they know they’re dangerous aliens wearing human skin?

    But if they realise that we know this they’ll send a signal to their mother ship and kill us all.

    So we’re holding them up there while we come up with a plan…

  • Zannsolo@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    2 months ago

    I wonder how much money they are getting paid while stuck, I’d imagine it’s gotta be pretty significant.

      • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        27
        arrow-down
        10
        ·
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        What does the privatization of space flight, and it’s subsequent technical failures resulting in a 2-week expedition turning into a 10-month expedition have to do with capitalism? Is that a serious question?

        • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          13
          arrow-down
          14
          ·
          edit-2
          2 months ago
          1. So a non-capitalist space program would have no technical issues ever? Sounds about as sound as most communist propaganda logic.
          2. If you actually read the article, they are staying there to continue the science until replacement crew arrives. The capsule is ready and they are able to return any time. There wasn’t another technical failure.
            • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              9
              arrow-down
              6
              ·
              edit-2
              2 months ago

              How many commercial technical failures and logistical failures is adequate for you?

              Maybe fewer or equal than there were with government run NASA? Starliner turned out to be a safe spacecraft that was recalled due to abundance of caution. Which leaders at NASA were far more comfortable doing, since it reflects badly on Boing instead of them (which is a good thing).

              On the other hand, while NASA run the launches itself, how many astronauts died in disasters?

              You are seriously going to pretend one issue is somehow a failure of privatized spaceflight? A nonfatal issue that caused two astronauts to chill on the space station for longer than expected, most of it voluntarily?

              • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                edit-2
                2 months ago

                I bet they would had the Obama administration not moved to privatize spaceflight -Did you miss the part I said about capitalism and privatized space flight in an earlier comment?

  • solomon42069@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    8
    ·
    edit-2
    2 months ago

    It feels like we’re just watching them slowly die up there. Maybe one of the billionaires is trying to discredit public space programs for good and their deaths are intended to be that final bell.

    Edit: Thanks for the down votes guys! I guess my concerns are unfounded.

    • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      2 months ago

      They’re astronauts, they’re loving this, they’ve said so in Interviews and it’s pretty obvious they’ve not just been told to say that. That’s not to mention that Starliner is a private spacecraft (just as much as Dragon is) and that’s the only thing being discredited here.

    • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      The ISS still gets regular deliveries and even some replacement astronauts from SpaceX but the Boeing and SpaceX suits aren’t inter-compatible so they can’t hitch a ride back afaik.

      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        2 months ago

        the Boeing and SpaceX suits aren’t inter-compatible so they can’t hitch a ride back

        They are indeed hitching a ride back. The SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon launched with two empty seats for this reason. Two extra Dragon IVA suits were sent up as well.

        • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          2 months ago

          Ah there we go. I think there was some issue with why SpaceX couldn’t sent suits up earlier too right? Because that does indeed sound like IVA suits weren’t compatible

          • Pennomi@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            2 months ago

            They sent the flight suits up on the next scheduled flight. There was no need to rush things, because Starliner was still a viable life boat.

            SpaceX can launch crazy fast if they want to, there was just no reason.

    • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      I wonder what the defining amount of bone density loss marks the onset of osteoporosis. A cursory google search suggests that they are losing between 1-2% per month in space.