Stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts are considering themselves lucky as a delay pushed their return back to February 2025, therefore continuing to trap them in space during the election year.
"It’s been really difficult to explain to the kids why they’re stuck down here while their Dad is safe in a fragile metal tube traveling around the Earth at a relaxing 250 MPH.”
Looks like someone mixed up orbital speed and altitude when gathering data (it’s traveling at ~18,000 mph relative to Earth at 250 miles altitude).
Looks like someone mixed up orbital speed and altitude when gathering data (it’s traveling at ~18,000 mph relative to Earth at 250 miles altitude).