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Suggestions for how the stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts can entertain themselves


This is a long ride home for someone with nothing to think about.

Probably you have already heard that astronauts Barry ”Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams may not be able to leave on the Boeing Starliner that brought them to the International Space Station. Those guys popped up there on June 5th, and they were supposed to spend a week on the ISS doing normal astronaut stuff and then go home. The ISS has a gym on board, and astronauts are required to work out for two hours a day to help ameliorate the breakdown of their bodies in microgravity.

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