NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule. They’ll have to wait until February for a ride home with SpaceX.
So they’ll send up 2 extra dragon suits for the stranded astronauts to use? I thought space suits are so highly customized and tailored to each astronaut that they can’t just do that.
At the press conference, NASA confirmed that there is a spare suit on the ISS that fits, and Dragon will bring up another one. Assessment was that this still presented risk, but less risk than the astronauts taking the Starliner back to earth.
They just need to get close enough. There’s already one spare Dragon IVA suit on ISS that’s a close enough fit to work. They’ll send up another. During training, the crews actually use suits that were customized for other people while they wait for their new ones.
So they’ll send up 2 extra dragon suits for the stranded astronauts to use? I thought space suits are so highly customized and tailored to each astronaut that they can’t just do that.
At the press conference, NASA confirmed that there is a spare suit on the ISS that fits, and Dragon will bring up another one. Assessment was that this still presented risk, but less risk than the astronauts taking the Starliner back to earth.
They just need to get close enough. There’s already one spare Dragon IVA suit on ISS that’s a close enough fit to work. They’ll send up another. During training, the crews actually use suits that were customized for other people while they wait for their new ones.
I’m sure they can find a way to beam their measurements down