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‘We weren’t stuck’: Nasa astronauts tell of space odyssey and reject claims of neglect | Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams’ story markedly at odds with abandonment narrative painted by Whitehouse.
Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams’ story markedly at odds with abandonment narrative painted by Trump and Musk
If anything, the pair of veteran space flyers appeared slightly bemused by, or largely ignorant of the furore that followed their enforced and protracted stay on the orbiting outpost 250 miles above Earth, caused by technical failures on board their pioneering Boeing Starliner spacecraft that returned in September without them. At the press conference Nasa had called to discuss the science activities the astronauts performed during their time in space, Williams and Wilmore gave diplomatic answers to questions designed to elicit their thoughts. As for the troubled Starliner, whose future is questionable as Boeing and Nasa engineers continue to evaluate the helium leaks and thruster control issues that brought its maiden crewed mission to a premature end, both Williams and Wilmore said they would be happy to fly on it again.
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