• LowtierComputer@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    16
    ·
    2 months ago

    They were actually interviewed this last week and are very happy to stay. They’re completing an unusually high number of scientific tests which were backlogged. This is, according to them, an awesome opportunity to work as their time in space is so restricted.

    • voluble@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      It seems unlikely to me that their public statements about their situation are a full and accurate reflection of their feelings. I mean, what else are they going to say? “Fuck Boeing, fuck this failed mission, we’re pilots with families and it’s less than ideal that we’ll be stranded up here for 8 months doing busywork while our bone density gets nuked”?

      If my employer sent me to a remote island without any of my personal effects, on a vehicle that couldn’t safely return me home, I’d look at any list of tasks they sent me with some measure of bitterness. Even if it was my favourite remote island. Being trapped there would change the colour of things. Working is probably the only thing they can do to keep from going insane.

      • rhandyrhoads@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        2 months ago

        I mean, you’re probably not entirely wrong, but this was a test flight so I’m sure they knew first off that there was increased risk that they may not even survive the journey. This definitely wasn’t outside of the wheelhouse of possible outcomes.