NASA insists that Boeing Starliner astronauts are not ‘stranded’

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched on the Boeing Starliner on June 5 for a test flight that was expected to last a week or so but issues with the ship's engine thrusters have prompted delays for their return. NASA insists that the astronauts are not "stranded" in space. NBC’s Tom Costello reports for TODAY.

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[MusaMecanica]

The only thing braver than going into space is doing it on anything built by Boeing.

[JooDawg]

Not stranded just stuck. This is America in a nut shell

[Aguerridoz]

Can we get a video of them saying we are not stuck?

[TellTheTruth]

I worked on the development of the Starliner/ CTS 100 at Bigelow Aerospace in Las Vegas and I could tell you that there were people working on the Starliner that had absolutely no business in the aerospace industry. My direct supervisor was fired for the use of cocaine. he caught his fingers in a industrial size drill press and almost ripped them off then the guy that replaced him was just a model maker who obviously had ties with upper management. I am not surprised there are issues with the Starliner

[Chris-unns]

Unless they want a Red Bull award, jumping isn't an option,
Seems pretty stuck to me.

[SmoothDave-xzyj]

Technically they're correct. Stranded means "left without the means to move from somewhere". They're actually moving at 17, 500 miles per hour.😊.

[ronc]

More proof that if its Boeing I'm not Going.

[JobberSteve]

NASA's definition of stranded is forever. They have no schedule

[straighttoyou]

I would just stop reporting on this.
I literally can't believe the company that made this, makes the jets to protect us.

[tranilator]

Incidents like these, coupled with the double-speak, highlight why public trust in NASA is so low.

[ronc]

How long will it take NASA to ask SpaceX to give their stranded Astronauts home because the Starliner is not flyable.

[TheJimtanker]

They’re not stuck, they can catch a ride home on a Dragon.

[digitalplayland]

The NASA and ULA are aiming for an Oscar. So much drama.

[briankapitbahay]

They were to only be at the station for 2 days. Seems like stranded, no matter how the free press wants to spin it.

[markmassy]

If it's Boeing, you're not going...😂

[kinwai]

The astronauts just want to do an experience of how many days human can survive without food in space.

[smash_]

they should ask china for help now because they got all the equipments. if they could, they wouldn't be doing nothing till now

[joannekemp]

So, they're not stuck but will be there "indefinitely"? What does that mean?

[jac]

They launched it in to space with leak in prupoltuion system did not think the vibrations g force and sudden tempature change could make it worse ?? Hahaha almost killed 2 people had they not made it to dock at space station they would be dead

[Captain-Tom.]

Definition of the word stranded... Left without the means to move from somwhere. -Oxford Languages