There were earlier options for bringing them back, but the Biden administration demurred because they didn't want to give the "win" to persona non grata Mr. Musk.
BULLSHIT
As soon as it was determined that the Boeing ship was unsafe, the return plan was to "give the win to persona non grata Mr Musk" by having them come back on the SpaceX ship.
The only question from that point on was how and when to do that. Do we ship them back as cargo in the SpaceX ship that was already there (dangerous)? Do we send a SpaceX ship just to pick them up and bring them back (big cost)? Do we bump two astronauts off of the next planned SpaceX ship (only sending two up) and then have al
Starliner Astronauts Return To Earth After More Than 9 Months In Space
And then DOGE fired them. :-)
There were earlier options for bringing them back, but the Biden administration demurred because they didn't want to give the "win" to persona non grata Mr. Musk.
BULLSHIT
As soon as it was determined that the Boeing ship was unsafe, the return plan was to "give the win to persona non grata Mr Musk" by having them come back on the SpaceX ship.
The only question from that point on was how and when to do that. Do we ship them back as cargo in the SpaceX ship that was already there (dangerous)? Do we send a SpaceX ship just to pick them up and bring them back (big cost)? Do we bump two astronauts off of the next planned SpaceX ship (only sending two up) and then have al
If NASA had contracted Boeing back in 2024 instead of SpaceX, would we have mentioned Dave Calhoun?
That's what so fucking hilarious about you parasites.
You can't fucking tell that you're the ones being partisan.