Sunday, 16 March 2025
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Nasa’s stranded astronauts welcome newly arrived replacements to International Space Station
Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts.
The four newcomers — representing the U.S., Japan and Russia — will spend the next few days learning the station’s ins and outs from Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Then the two will strap into their own SpaceX capsule later this week to close out an unexpected extended mission that began last June.
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Sounds rather jolly to me … or are we not meant to feel some elation? 🤔
When the SpaceX vehicle arrived, NASA's stuck astronauts disabled it by pouring orange liquid over it and carving 'Nazi' into it.
"Don't think we haven't been watching the news up here!", said Butch Wilmore.
Update: I've only just seen your response in the last post. Great minds think alike!
James - it is rather jolly, but elation seems to be curiously muted at the Independent.
Sam - ha ha, yes great minds do think alike!
On a (fairly) technical note, as human hair apparently loses a certain number of follicles a day, why are the female astronauts allowed to have long, wavy, hair? In a zero gravity environment, those follicles can go anywhere, included messing up essential technical equipment. It won't affect me, as I have very little hair left and have no intention of going into space, though the thought of a disaster caused by dandruff won't do much for the US space programme. Will go back to my (follicle free) padded cell, now.
Penseivat
Penseivat - I wondered about that too as hair is particularly problematic in the way if wraps itself round things and clogs up filters. As for dandruff, how do they manage to use Head and Shoulders regularly?
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