NASA insists Boeing Starliner crew not 'stranded' in space

NASA officials on Friday emphasized that the crew of Boeing's Starliner are not "stranded" at the International Space Station despite having no set return date to Earth. NASA is conducting tests to better understand issues with the Starliner's service module.

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[brianhall]

They are not "stranded" they are just being "delayed" at the only space terminal with limit trips

[waytak]

not stranded, they just refused to come back to the earth after watching the debate

[YangJi]

From Oxford English dictionary
stranded :adjective
1.left without the means to move from somewhere.
2. (of a boat, sailor, or sea creature) left aground on a shore.
NASA must have some top notch lawyer to moral acrobat out of this one.

[souperdave]

Just an unscheduled indefinite postponement ..nbd

[aaronmann]

the other countries astronauts gotta be sick of the Americans that outstayed their welcome to the retreat but now they have to stay even longer because the came in a crappy vehicle that broke down. From here this will either turn out to become an office comedy or a space horror.

[Happy_Gerbil]

Is SpaceX gonna send a Space Uber up there?

[XX-fqkp]

One thing people don’t know is there are no washer machines in space. Hence you have to pack enough underwear for the duration. I think the astronauts are going to run out. What do you think?

[TheTransformationBodySwap]

You might have well just said we are having technical issues

[ahr]

😂😂😂
Professional level gaslamping !
(aka b.s.-ing) . If we just say A lie enough times people will believe it, right?
A decade of incompetence at every level and then launching with known issues because of pressure from the public all the heads of the program. Even a student pilot with 1hr of flight time knows, " take offs are optional but landings are mandatory" .
Starliner is the Ford Pinto of
spacecraft 😂.
I just hope and pray butch and sunny don't pay with their lives for this totally avoidable situation.

[Happy_Gerbil]

They're "left without the means to move from somewhere", the dictionary definition of "stranded". They're definitely stranded up there on the ISS.

[overseeingeye]

Just ask the Chinese or the Russians for a ride. They’d gladly oblige.

[wmarino]

What a complete, utter waste of money.

[WardogActual]

NASA be like:
"We ain't getting whacked by the Boeing capos!" 🤣

[wbwarren]

At Boeing, money, talks, and safety (nonsense) walks! If you want to see the two NASA astronauts, try and take the Starliner back to earth soon, promise the Boeing, managers of the Starliner program a big bonus! Based on what happened with the 737 max, , Boeing managers will risk any number of lives to get a big bonus!

[incubus_the_man]

The Soyuz launch system has been launching people to space since 1967. It has made more crewed launches than any other system ever made. It has a 97% success rate.

With that said, the first soyuz mission was a disaster because the spacecraft failed to deploy its parachute killing the cosmonaut (Vladimir Komarov).

Boeing could still make a comeback, they just need to fix this spacecraft and ensure the astronauts make it back safely.

[Anthony-djnd]

They're not stranded, they're dead😢☠️

[RB.]

This is turning into the Challenger and Titan situation all over again.

Warnings and safety ignored.

I hope this one has a better outcome though.

[ardisgomer]

They're stranded. No matter what NASA says. I sure hope and pray they make it back safely when they do try to come back.

[Raytracer]

Starliner? More like DoomLiner/StarLeaker

[Howrider]

Maybe has to do if one retro rocket fails, they could burn up returning.