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angrychair

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8. This was political, not mechanical

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Mar 13, 2025, 02:00 AM

Mar 13

Early in his administration TSF said Biden left them stranded and the astronauts said that was not the case and that this pick up date was the actual plan from the beginning.
They questioned dear leader and now they are going to make them suffer for it.

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NASA, SpaceX scrub mission to pick up International Space Station astronauts [View all] question everything Mar 12 OP

Dammit. I can't hate this news more than those two stranded crew. Frasier Balzov Mar 12 #1

See several of my posts below... Mustellus Mar 13 #17

Duplicate. Earlier thread: highplainsdem Mar 12 #2

No, this was first. Unless you measure the time in seconds. Why is it so important to you? question everything Mar 13 #4

The URL for your thread ends in 41. Mine ends in 40, so it was earlier. highplainsdem Mar 13 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author highplainsdem Mar 13 #12

No dupes is a rule particular to LBN, I'm sure HPD is only mentioning it because it's this forum AZJonnie Mar 13 #10

Thanks! It's important here to preview an OP before posting it, too, since fairly often someone else might highplainsdem Mar 13 #13

It time to stop sending people up there when neither system is reliable Historic NY Mar 13 #3

All I hope is for the safe return of the astronauts who have been there too long question everything Mar 13 #5

six months... Mustellus Mar 13 #15

Robotic probes wryter2000 Mar 13 #7

This was political, not mechanical angrychair Mar 13 #8

Totally believable. Would also not be surprised if the Russians now go up and 'rescue' them AZJonnie Mar 13 #11

Mars? We can't reliably get to low Earth orbit exboyfil Mar 13 #9

The launch window for a space station rendezvous orbit is... Mustellus Mar 13 #16

As a Professor of Astronautical Engineering .... Mustellus Mar 13 #14

AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Mar 13 #18