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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 93 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I know people have spent longer on the ISS but at some point, I’d come back in a Home Depot bucket wearing a spacesuit with some scuba gear.

And for those who want to argue about the heat shielding on a Home Depot bucket, I’d be responsible about it. I’d glue all kinds of shit to it. Steal a parachute from the Roscosmos side. I’d be fine.

β€œYou’d land in the Indian Ocean."

This isn’t rocket science. It’s the opposite. I’ll land where I want. I’d aim for your mom’s house and land in her bedroom. Injuries would include a crushed pelvis and not from the fall. That’s just what happens when I visit your mom.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Death by snu snu. Nice.

[–] cornshark 3 points 4 weeks ago

Reads like a Mark Watney diary entry

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Holy shit; planned to spend 10 days, stuck there for almost a year... (if they finally manage this schedule)

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

fwiw, they both may never go back to space again so their time in space has been extended much beyond what they thought they could do and have repeatedly said they are trying to make the most of it. The real problem is just the scheduling bumps and resource allocations.

[–] brlemworld 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Also health problems increase when in space longer. Specifically drastic increased risk of cancer due to lack of sufficient radiation shielding.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

I don't think the radiation should be too big of a problem, they are in a very low earth orbit, well inside of the Earth's magnetosphere. Not to say there are no health risks, they lose a lot of bone and muscle mass, but radiation shouldn't be a big concern

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"For the love of god don't cut that corner or some one will die"
-Man who shot himself in the back of the head twice.

[–] jumjummy 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Modern day Gilligan’s Island reboot time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An excellent idea, with each season finale being another failed return trip that gets delayed, and then the next season all their conditions are significantly worse until they resort to canabalism

[–] amon 4 points 1 month ago

No, we keep rebooting it every 3 seasons like Power Rangers or something.

In the end we will have 15 or so astronaut teams on different space stations.

[–] theherk 6 points 1 month ago

A 3 month tour. 🎢

[–] RizzRustbolt 4 points 1 month ago

Gilligan's Planet was an underrated gem.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It was a ship and not a space station but same idea. Cancelled after 2 seasons though.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue_5

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

That was a good show too.

[–] amorpheus 26 points 1 month ago

That will teach them to fly Boeing.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Looks like the fear of a Boeing suicide ain't bringing the morale as much as needed to execute this.

Another example of US corporate culture yielding yuge results. Epic.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,

A tale of a fateful trip

That started from this tropic port

Aboard this tiny ship...

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[–] obinice 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What if this whole thing was a ruse and they're keeping them up there because they know they're dangerous aliens wearing human skin?

But if they realise that we know this they'll send a signal to their mother ship and kill us all.

So we're holding them up there while we come up with a plan...

[–] ivanafterall 4 points 1 month ago

Looks like you're 100% correct. They're gearing up to take those fuckers out:

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Those poor bastards.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

A two week expendition has turned into 10 months. -Capitalism, baby!

[–] DreamlandLividity 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What does that have to do with capitalism?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

What does the privatization of space flight, and it's subsequent technical failures resulting in a 2-week expedition turning into a 10-month expedition have to do with capitalism? Is that a serious question?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I'm new to lemmy world. I'm noticing every top comment is something negative about capitalism. Either the clueless reddit communists came over or it's just Russian trolls. It could be a stubbed toe, "CAPITALISM FOR YA!!" I picked to post here because this is 8 out of 10 posts now. It's pretty much equivalent to "THANKS OBAMA!"

[–] SupraMario 10 points 1 month ago

Check where they're from lemmy.ml is literally just a bunch of fucking tankies and russian/ccp apologist. They're idiots who blame everything on capitalism and think communism has never been tried and that everything would be great under communism, so long as they were running the show. It's pretty much just people with no life experience shouting off these things.

[–] chaospatterns 4 points 4 weeks ago

This is just an interesting artifact of internet communities at work. They are stuck there because Boeing's design was unsafe, Boeing has been suffering from engineering culture decline due to MBAs seeking to maximize profit. Maximizing profit is the end state of late stage capitalism. Thus this is Capitalism's fault.

People are frustrated thus they amplify these posts and ideas. You can notice the effects everywhere once you start looking. However it leads to a boring discussion. I can already see doomer questions flooding Ask Lemmy. While I may agree, it can't all be based on that.

[–] okamiueru 4 points 1 month ago

I think capitalism is ruining earth, and is at the heart of most of the problems and challenges, AMA (jk, I don't care). It doesn't mean that I can suggest a good alternative, but observations are what they are.

[–] DreamlandLividity 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, I really hope at least most of them are trolls...

[–] Zannsolo 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wonder how much money they are getting paid while stuck, I'd imagine it's gotta be pretty significant.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I assumed that the NASA astronaut corps have a standard salary whether the astronauts get to fly or not. Are they only paid while in space?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Getting paid full 24/7 overtime, perhaps. Not that they don't deserve it.

[–] Donebrach 4 points 4 weeks ago

They will probably owe Boeing money in all honesty.

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