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Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

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NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

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Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago

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NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule. They’ll have to wait until February for a ride home with SpaceX.

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Couldn’t they just send up some Dragon spacesuits?
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  The Dragon will be half-crewed on the way up, so that’s exactly what they’re doing

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