THEY’RE STILL UP THERE?!

Holy shit, so much has happened in this country and the world at large, I completely forgot this entire story was happening jesus christ almighty

The glory of privatization on full display.

Some reporters began calling the astronauts "stranded" or "stuck" on the ISS. NASA and Boeing stress, however, that this couldn't be further from the truth.

https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-nasa-astronauts-not-stranded-space

60 years of spaceflight and we can still barely get to orbit.

God we're shit at this, aren't we?

I'm sure they're just thrilled. We're probably going to learn all kinds of things about what happens to a human during an extended spaceflight from their ruined bodies.

a three hour tour. a three hour tour.

Christ. You think president Musk will send a SpaceX solution up there or count his billions?

Can they sue Boeing? I’d sue the fuck out of Boeing.

So, real nuts and bolts question here. How does this affect their pay? Are they being paid extra to be up there so long? I would want overtime.

Why didn't Boeing have a contingency plan for this? Not a lot of forward thinking going on there.

Their DNA? To shreds, you say.

So, is this how my Kerbals feels when I forget them in orbit ?

I think NASA should award them the "Jebediah Kerman" distinction.

My brain refuses to accept that this image is not upside down, even if I flip it, it's upside down.

I have to think they're probably getting pretty mad by now.

What is it’s a prank and all they have to do is get caught screwing to be allowed to come home?

I wonder- Are people here still going to argue that they're definitely happier to be up there than on the ground with their partners and kids when they thought they were going to see them again in 8 days because they're in space!!!!!

They are still waiting on their delivery of lemon-soaked paper napkins. Any day now.

How do they get haircuts up there?