NASA's decision on stranded Starliner crew more than a week away

One time I was trapped in the elevator for like 10 minutes, and I lost my mind.

[@Nothinglefttosay]

I got stuck 27 meters deep in a wreck while scuba diving.. Now that was wild…!

[@IwillGetyou00000]

​@Nothinglefttosay dang bro! I would be terrified!

[@jerryeskridge6149]

Yet hope We don't get a real version of Ren and Stimpy SPACE MADNESS!!!

[@lilyliu5345]

😂😂😱😱😲😲

[@onioni111111]

This is why you are not an astronaut.

[@faisonhoward9191]

They let Boeing slide ..got just a slap on the hand..then send astronauts up in a Boeing craft..can't make this up..😅

[@gordleith9474]

They deployed the Boeing slide,wasn’t long enough and had a hole in it from a careless smoker

[@j.dunlop8295]

Definitely Boeing was paid $1,500,000,000, Accountability? Boeing ; "that's not for us!"

[@j.dunlop8295]

Definitely Boeing was paid $1,500,000,000, Accountability? Boeing ; "that's not for us!"

[@j.dunlop8295]

Corruption 🩵 Boeing, license to steal? 💲💸

[@peaceandchillz]

Yikes!!!! 😳 I’m never gonna complain when I’m stranded at work again..Praying they make it home safely.

[@laurelwillow]

Better that they are ok in space than dead trying to come back.

[@thebrain6389]

might not be okay in space much longer if they don't have essentials

[@whoami-m6i]

Yet they don’t get to choose how they come back….imagine Boeing decides to let them take that flaw ship back….

[@WeAllLaughDownHere-ne2ou]

​@whoami-m6i that decision is WELL beyond Boeings at this point.

[@pilotboy217]

I have a feeling they already tried and they died but won't release the information yet.

[@WeAllLaughDownHere-ne2ou]

@@pilotboy217 bro....what?

[@maximiliantiberiusvondavos3415]

I stayed in vegas 1 more day due to flights , that felt like months.

[@glennzanotti3346]

Way to go Boeing!

[@williamstroud5449]

Time for some B beancounters get early dismissal with no pay letalone a bonus.

[@Boris_Chang]

Boing boing boing

[@glennzanotti3346]

@@Boris_Chang When I first typed my post, autocorrect changed Boeing to Boing. I thought about leaving it. LOL

[@AncalagonTheDread]

These two should sue Boeing when they return to earth in February. They did not do enough testing concerning the thrusters' helium system. That amount of time in low gravity causes irreversible changes to the body, not to mention the depression from the isolation.

[@SIGNALFREQ]

Sex sex sex sex 🎊

[@ThatGirl-ku5dq]

What is the problem with the craft?

[@49erLA]

​@@ThatGirl-ku5dq It was made by Boeing

[@williampankratz600]

Helium isn't produced but it is collected from slowly decaying uranium When it's gone , it's really hard to replace

[@lilyliu5345]

Absolutely! There will be law suit.

[@cjever6625]

Earth to space Boeing is flawed.

[@brianmelody8930]

Sounds like a nightmare to me.

[@Jim-mn7yq]

No they’re not. This was a “test flight” and they r essentially test pilots. The reason for these missions is to test the spacecraft and see what works and what doesn’t.

[@jose-marie]

Horrific, but they are going to be rich when they get back.

[@Morzanith]

Send Tom Hanks.

[@KippinCollars]

And Sandra Bullock too just in case.

[@Morzanith]

@@KippinCollars Good idea!

[@timonsolus]

I think that NASA should be ultra conservative on the Starliner. If there is any doubt at all that the ship's remaining thrusters might not be 100% reliable, then those 2 astronauts should stay up in the ISS until February 2025. The consumables should not be an issue - it should certainly be possible to send another Progress robot freighter up to the ISS with a resupply. That's much easier than sending a manned ship up there.

[@GeeBee909]

The second I got back to earth I would announce my retirement from NASA

[@xstaticelite1640]

Why? These guys work their whole lives to be able to go to space which few people can do. They know and accept that there are risks

[@GeeBee909]

@@xstaticelite1640 Did you know they get a FULL year worth of radiation EVERY DAY they are in space?

[@xstaticelite1640]

@@GeeBee909 Ok so does every astronaut up there. They sign up for this

[@GeeBee909]

@@xstaticelite1640 Your reply makes NO sense. NO ONE "signs up" to get radiation like this, NO ONE. Try again (your attitude is so flippant, I have a feeling this would change if it were YOU)

[@hlkihglkhglkhg]

Its Boeing that is accountable.

[@corporatemaq]

M made by Boeing… who would have guessed?

[@verilyveronica8430]

I’m waiting for hatches to pop

[@Masterpresident]

Door dash will try to send a dasher to deliver a pizza to ISS with no tip

[@theodorejay1046]

And no escape pods either. Lack of an energency escaoe plan is weird.

[@ArthurTanner-d7s]

Not as weird as you typing the letter 'o' instead of 'p'.

[@theodorejay1046]

@@ArthurTanner-d7s ... What 🤔

Gilligan’s space

[@ccrider3435]

Gilligan's Orion 👽

[@ArthurTanner-d7s]

How come when this happens in a sci-fi film the whole world is watching on giant screens in city centres but when it's for real hardly anyone knows about it?

[@conspiracystacker]

This isnt real

[@ArthurTanner-d7s]

@@conspiracystacker Shhhhhh. The adults are talking.

[@Fiemus9]

I thought the same

[@Jeremy9697]

Pretty sure plenty know about this though

[@Jeremy9697]

And maybe one is promoted for entertainment and advertised and this is just news.... why are ppl so slow?

[@shubashuba9209]

Shit like this is why the Space Shuttle was retired.

[@timonsolus]

The Space Shuttle should never have been built in the first place. The Saturn V rocket could carry a far heavier payload to orbit than the shuttle, and the Apollo capsule was safer and more reliable.

[@nex-ex5100]

@@timonsolus What? To date nothing can carry as much as the shuttle could as far as payload. The Saturn 5 is just a rocket. Only Starship would carry more than the shuttle, and that is still at least a decade away. Shutting down the Shuttle program was a massive step backwards.

[@timonsolus]

@@nex-ex5100 : The Saturn V only needed the 1st and 2nd stages to reach low Earth orbit. That means almost the entire weight of the 3rd stage would be payload. The weight of the Saturn V 3rd stage plus the Apollo capsule, lunar lander and service module, is far more than the Shuttle could carry in its payload bay.

[@BeepBeep2_]

@@nex-ex5100 Saturn V payload to LEO (Low-Earth Orbit): 311,152 lb - Shuttle payload to LEO: 60,600 lb - Falcon 9 payload to LEO: 50,265 lb

[@davebrown9725]

The Space Shuttle was only the space part of that program, the reusable Launch Vehicle that would boost the Shuttle into space, then return and land like an airplane was never built (No budget for it, the "space race" was over, the Launch Vehicle would be Larger than a 747 jetliner, and far more complex.)

[@williamshaw5388]

Boeing should be nationalized and NASA should take over.

[@cococonlin170]

Seriously. And we have to give NASA the same latitude we give Musk.

[@Highlyskeptical]

@@cococonlin170 Which is no latitude, since Musk's SpaceX doesn't leave astronauts stranded.

[@lakeliving2013]

​@@HighlyskepticalIf he treats his astronauts the way he treats his employees then they'll be there for eternity.. 😅

[@Highlyskeptical]

@@lakeliving2013 And yet engineers want to work for SpaceX over Boeing or NASA. Go figure.

[@verilyveronica8430]

Never happen as Boeing owns half of Congress and rents the other half.

[@totalyep]

Seems very unlikely they are coming back on Boeing equipment.

[@GeeBee909]

They make it up to them, they'll give them a free tour of the Boeing plant, that should smooth things over😅

[@shoelessb4515]

If you can't bring thejm home, don't send them up there.

[@Crumpets7377]

💯!

[@Alex-js5lg]

I hope they're getting paid overtime!

[@daviderickennedy2194]

Compatibility issue: Like why in the world when they have not have thought of that beforehand? It's almost unthinkable they would do this in such an unprofessional, DUMB, way.

[@davemitchell6281]

Crew....So NASA what are our options at this point?

[@ArthurTanner-d7s]

NASA: Well, we could conserve pixels and oxygen by not mindlessly using verbiage such as "at this point".

[@GeeBee909]

Ron Howard will be there to meet them when they arrive, with a script in his hand

[@gatuso-vi5rs]

Hope they are ok wishing them a safe return.

[@ustulo3488]

These people who go out into space are truly brave.

[@davemitchell6281]

Here is the catch its really all for nothing, lets see if a tomato grows?

[@Pyladin]

@@davemitchell6281you do understand that if humanity does not find a way to get out into space and survive for years and travel to new stars, every thing that humanity has done will be for nothing? Earth will die, that is for sure and we need to find a way off.

[@davemitchell6281]

@@Pyladin its over hang on.

[@DamienThimons-rv1wj]

Guess who it was that murdered NASA's budget!

[@davebrown9725]

The end of the "space race" against the Russians murdered the NASA budgets.

[@pilotboy217]

I truly believe they tried to come home already and failed. I have a strong feeling they are no longer alive..

[@joelphow6314]

Congrats! Best wishes too!

[@victoriad8515]

How much longer??? They should have made it happen the next day wtf

[@allenpayne6893]

Boeing cutting corners on quality control again?

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

Fly every crew back SAFE. If your guessing ... what if Then pick the proven Vehicle. Boeing's ego is not worth the chance.

[@ArthurTanner-d7s]

*you're

[@JohnDoe-rs7gh]

Political distraction much lol

[@alexrebmann1253]

I get things break but Starliner should have never been launched.

[@reallifebarbie1]

Exactly because wasn’t it already having issues prior to them going up there🤦🏽‍♀️

[@realmusicnews]

Holy moly 😮

[@-danR]

A 'debate' over whether it's safe or not is not safe. I can't imagine the mind-state of two astronauts hearing that there's a _disagreement_ over coming back on this capsule. Normally you get the word-go or wait-and you follow it.

[@tkulogo]

If there's a disagreement about if the craft is safe, it's already not safe.

[@Sheltowee1775]

What are they eating?

[@reallifebarbie1]

They have a way where they send actual food up there to them, it’s a video of how it’s done on here

[@MilankaMilosevic-l4u]

As someone from Eastern Europe , who likes , sometimes , to listen to , western music , between 2005 and 2012 , tjanks to ntv plus russian cable network , i could have had to watch , listen to , to me nice , kinde of music , sometimes , and i remember a Western North American Group if muzissiens , i never heard of , Simple Plan , in 2005 , on french s McM top , in a video "crazy" 😮👏👏👏👏🇺🇲 , i was stunned 😮👏👏👏 . So , different , then , to me , i liked it , at once 🙂👏👏👏🇺🇲 . But , years later , on that same McM top , was shown a video "Astraunaut" by Simple Plan , that one , i did NOT like at all

[@stratcat3216]

How long will it take them to admit what we all already know?

[@tysons9222]

i’m sure the US has a secret military space shuttle that could go and rescue them

[@Louvinity]

Almost every sci-fi movie ever made that has some kind of spaceship has an emergency escape pod. They never thought of that?

[@timonsolus]

A capsule like Apollo or Starliner is way too small to have its own escape pod. The capsule IS the escape pod.

[@verilyveronica8430]

Money vs Lives ... guess which one they went with?

[@Jeremy9697]

Maybe learn about the topic... ever thought of that? This isn't a movie child.... these ships are small af. They are literally the size of ehat you would call an escape pod.

[@rebeccamouse9294]

I hope they are getting time and a half.

[@charlesjohnson9054]

Will they get back to Earth before Harris answers any questions from the press?

[@felichia808]

Pentagon should be in charge of NASA. Should not rely on Boeing for space crafts since their planes keep failing.

[@MilankaMilosevic-l4u]

So , as an East European , who thinked he had "discovered" something valuable , i told about Simple plan to my friend Bibin Miroslav who rebuffed my claims , saying , no , no , no , Simple Mindes are better .

[@KippinCollars]

Bibin Miroslave always has all the answers.

[@tecpaocelotl]

This is bad for the Boeing brand. Lol.

[@JamesOberg]

What about the congressional committee on space program oversight, that was supposed to enforce quality control on NASA and its contractors? They were the ultimate authority. Why did they approve NASA/Boeing's preparatory testing? Who the heck was their chairperson, anyway?

[@Pyladin]

Believe NASA or CNN click bait?

[@verilyveronica8430]

It’s a smear. The puppy went to live on a farm .... oooo look over there it’s shiny.

[@MoneyTeam507]

The blonde 👱🏻‍♀️ news lady is so pretty 😍🥰🔥

[@joshb9351]

They need Harry Stamper

[@PearButterMLP]

I’m glad the astronauts are doing well. I just hope that they find a way to get back down to earth. 🧑🏻‍🚀👩🏻‍🚀🌎🚀🛰️🌟🙏

[@russs7574]

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale A tale of a fateful trip. That started from this tropic port Aboard this tiny ship. Something tells me that Gilligan went from being Skipper's First Mate to CEO of Boeing.

[@brianbaker5140]

Let Elon and SpaceX bring them back. NASA and Boeing showing glimpses of incompetence.

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

Zero Gravity really messes up your hair

[@KippinCollars]

And makes you grow a huge chin apparently.

[@rhkina]

What an incompetence!

[@keeppushin6725]

NASA is to blame. They should’ve stuck with Space X.

[@Jeremy9697]

It's a contractual thing. Since they have boeing contracted they have to utilize them

[@andreblanchet5148]

Hope NASA will blacklist Boeing forever. If I were the astronauts, I'd be sacred like hell to come back in Boeing's Starliner: what if it loses a door in the process?

[@nineseven420empire3]

The door fall off again?

[@albertogomez78787]

C’mon NASA, let’s bring them back Home and Safe. Staying Active Up there helps from what I hear??

[@highflowerfairy2554]

Staying active is absolutely necessary in space. Astronauts work out like two hours a day, six days a week or some shit like that.

[@timonsolus]

There's no hurry. There's plenty of research work for them to do on the ISS, and there's nothing wrong with keeping them up there for 8-10 months.

[@KA-dg2xt]

Maybe it’s like interstellar and it only feels like a few days to them 🤔

[@wingspantt]

Boeing: Not even once

[@vanessad.2625]

I don't know why I get the feeling NASA is sugar coding the situation. I pray the crew gets home safely.

[@stanwoody4988]

They can't be sue the retro rockets will orient the space craft properly? The Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs all came home this not to mention the Russians and a bunch of unmanned stuff. How come the can't do this very basic function?

[@MilankaMilosevic-l4u]

Therefore , i , "fled" , my country Serbia 🇷🇸 , Montengro , to hide in mother Russia

[@MilankaMilosevic-l4u]

So , i was dragged , inn , infinite , arguing , with my own people from the former Xougoslavia , i could not agree with my people upon basic , elementery things

[@ragnarthecat8888]

The only question worth answering to oneself is why keep voting for politicians whose policies keep making your lives worse and worse.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@m0nke318]

lobbying, simple

[@princelasdoce1702]

Theres no need to think of a decision, just send space x to pick them up

[@TheMamonti1]

this is boing..... send their own crew up to the station along with their CEO... and let those stranded ones get on that ship.... and let Boings crew bring back their ship if they think it is soooooo safe!!!!

[@Jayzilla-jr4fr]

That chin! Holy moly.

[@MadeintheUSAorImported]

yes I noticed that too!! It’s giving witch

[@lf3361]

Really???

[@SIGNALFREQ]

I bet he hittin/spankin it😅

[@newsomsr2000]

Media is protected but we need to make media responsible or whoever funded the media is not protected following the money.

[@warringtonuk8699]

The whole ISS project should be scrapped and the money saved spent on something worthwhile!

[@garyandthebat]

Saw the ISS fly over our house tonight. We all waved. Will tie 2 yellow ribbons out the front tomorrow.

[@paultsjan6047]

The clock is ticking. Hope we are not watching the demise of the Starliner in real time.

[@jonlava173]

They need more supplies, food, drinks, snacks, and toilet paper.

[@markadams5823]

Did they say Boeing? First Red Flag!

[@wingv313]

After what know about Boeing, I’d stay up there too rather than come back in another Boeing craft. Can’t be trusted to get them home safely. They can hang on a bit longer until the best plan gets worked out.

[@eduardovillegas4024]

If it's Boeing I ain't going.

[@JustMe-pu3xm]

Talking about a Plane Delay.🤣

[@-danR]

NASA's decision is stranded.

[@adorabledeplorable5740]

Haha Something tells me Satanic NASA is playing politics. They might have to Go begging Elon Musk for help! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@amptransformers2257]

I dont see why they would take the risk at all. I mean, bring them home almost 100% safely with space x or maybe bring them home on what sounds like a coin flip with a company who has never sent humans to space before this! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@fj.sanabria9869]

I am not sure this is the funny segment they are making it out to be!

[@daedalusjones4228]

Another crew STOLE your food?!?

[@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND]

That boat's comin' back empty. It's broken.

[@glennprevost7140]

What the media or Boeing won't mention is that NASA overrides some of Boeing's engineering, case in point the leaking helium valves are more than twenty years old, and Boeing did not want them to be used and had a different modern valving system that NASA over road because they had the old ones on the shelf. Cost over safety. Yes, Boeing has companywide issues but, in some cases, they take the blame for things they have no say in the final decisions. But Boeing has a giant bullseye on them, and this is just one more thing.

[@dereks1264]

I'd love to know what the Starlemon astronauts **REALLY** think about this whole exercise.

[@kriskalpa]

If it's a NEW Boeing, I ain't going.

[@Will-yz7oi]

Soooo there is some 'internal disagreement' regarding the safety of Starliner during deorbit maneuvering. The big question in my mind is "What do the 'really smart' engineers say?

[@amosonyoutube]

Send up spacex 😂

[@duanelawrence4311]

What tricky risky move? Did you mean undock and land like Russian Soyues or Spacex Dragon can? Why did you leave this information out?

[@benbohannon]

If you can’t be 99% certain in crew safety, then the answer is obvious. This shouldn’t be a hard decision and it shouldn’t have taken 2+ months. They aren’t confident in bringing them home on Boeing’s Starliner, clearly. Seems they are in a political face-saving death spiral of indecision; doing the right thing will make Boeing look bad, and Boeing is SO INTERTWINED in NASA that they can’t just do the right thing and say “sorry, Boeing”. This wreaks of politics. It never takes engineers this long to diagnose a problem.

[@Jeremy9697]

This is space. Nothing ever ever will be 100% on anything

[@waynethompson1115]

So, eject the bad starliner and send up a new one.

[@samwisegamgee289]

, I don t think its going to be a big problem they are trained for this kind of situation are they not ? back up plans and what ifs done beforehand

[@Boris_Chang]

Blue Origin can send up one of their Amazon drones with more food.

[@matjazwalland903]

First, is it possible to test the craft remotely to disconnect from the station and do a couple of tests without astronauts and return to the station? (Yes or No) If the answer is NO" prepare a replacement vehicle because you will never fix this, to perfection in a space environment with limited resources!

[@avilabetty26]

They said THIS Starliner, unlike the previous flight tests before this, was somehow not equipped with the autonomous undocking software, therefore needing a human to undock it!

[@matjazwalland903]

@@avilabetty26 It's a stupid decision. Is it possible to upgrade the disconnect mechanism at the station? Otherwise, I would have considered it defective!

[@jaimlawson]

Don't be naive y'all

[@Ram_Jaani]

Lvoe yuo Nasa❤❤❤❤

[@raceace]

Comedy of incompetence on so many levels. Even the contingencies are revealing incompetence.

[@Brainstormer976]

so why would starliner to be safe ? boeings planes is falling out of the sky dont think boeing starliner is safe what a joke

[@Alex-js5lg]

I hate Boeing as much as the next guy, but thousands of Boeing planes/flights make it to their destination each day without issue. In that sense, airplanes actually need a higher standard of safety than space ships.