Astronauts’ return delayed again as Boeing and NASA try to learn more about spacecraft issues

Kent Sharkey

CNN[^]:

Two veteran astronauts will extend their stay on the International Space Station as teams on the ground work to better understand issues with the Boeing-built spacecraft that carried them to orbit.

What has trouble going up, has trouble coming down

Daniel Pfeffer

The Old Men of Space? Where is Hemingway when we need him?

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

trønderen

He was a Christian, wasn't he? So I guess he is up there.

Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.

obermd

I don't think science fiction authors could have written a more perfect "end of world" scenario that leaves astronauts stranded. On the other hand, it does sound like a possible start to Rebecca Kelly's "The Eta Chronicles" (The Station and The Surface).

Daniel Pfeffer

trønderen wrote:

He was a Christian, wasn't he? So I guess he is up there.

You make a few unwarranted assumptions: 1. That there is a single Deity that controls our destinies 2. That the Deity is that of the Christians 3. That "Heaven" and "Hell" actually exist 4. That "Heaven" is physically above us, and "Hell" is below us 5. That Hemingway ended up in heaven :)

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

trønderen

Those are essential assumptions. Your summary is both correct and fairly complete. I am not going to defend a single one of those assumptions. Most certainly not. As my signature suggests.

Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.