The long-planned return of two astronauts from space is now a political issue (arstechnica.com)

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[-] [email protected] 53 points 5 months ago

tl;dr: Trump and Musk are blaming Biden for "stranding" two astronauts on the space station. The reality is that their return craft has been docked since September and they weren't scheduled to come home until February anyway. That return was pushed back until April because SpaceX delayed the launch of the upcoming crew.

So tell me, Mr. Musk... why did YOU strand our astronauts in space?

[-] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

In politics, facts rarely matter.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

In modern politics

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

In conservative politics.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Imagine being in a tincan in the vacuum of space depending on Elon and Trump to bring you home to earth ...

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

They could always hop in Musk's Tesla and just drive it back to Earth. I mean, it worked in Heavy Metal so Musk probably thinks it would work in reality.

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