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NASA Astronauts Communicate to Media on Prolonged Keep in Orbit
The astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore expressed assist for NASA and Boeing, following the choice for them to stay in orbit, whereas the troubled spacecraft they rode to the Worldwide House Station returned to Earth uncrewed.
“Recognizing that you just’re each crew gamers and veteran NASA astronauts, do you’re feeling let down by Boeing and Starliner and the truth that that is clearly not one thing you intend on your life?” “Let down? Completely not. Not — by no means entered my thoughts. I don’t assume Suni’s both till you talked about it.” “Earlier, you talked about watching Starliner go house. I’m simply curious for those who can go extra into the feelings you’re feeling when it in the end returns safely. Was there any disappointment that you just weren’t on it?” “To be trustworthy with you, I used to be so comfortable it acquired house with no issues. I used to be — we noticed it fly away after which all of us acquired up. The entire crew acquired up at no matter, 3 within the morning. And we had it up on our iPads watching it land.” “It’s a really dangerous enterprise, and issues don’t at all times end up the way in which you need. Earlier than we launched, we stated we’re going to seek out issues. That’s the nature of check. Each single check flight, particularly a primary flight of a spacecraft or an plane that has ever occurred, has discovered points that issues that you just simply can’t take into consideration — 90 p.c of our coaching is making ready for the sudden.”
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