teft@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 3 months agoNASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsuleapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down12
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minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·3 months agoTheir backup plan is to have the extra 2 astronauts lie on the floor of the Crew Dragon and reenter without suits. Yep. That’s still safer than Starliner.
minus-squarevoluble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoThey will have suits. There is a spare on the ISS, and Dragon will bring another one up. They covered that in the press conference.
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI meant for the 3 weeks between when Starliner leaves and the Crew 9 Dragon gets there.
Their backup plan is to have the extra 2 astronauts lie on the floor of the Crew Dragon and reenter without suits. Yep. That’s still safer than Starliner.
They will have suits. There is a spare on the ISS, and Dragon will bring another one up. They covered that in the press conference.
I meant for the 3 weeks between when Starliner leaves and the Crew 9 Dragon gets there.