So, is this how my Kerbals feels when I forget them in orbit ?
I think NASA should award them the “Jebediah Kerman” distinction.
Can they sue Boeing? I’d sue the fuck out of Boeing.
Site doesn’t load without JavaScript
Pretty sure this isn’t true, it loads fine for me in elinks. Also, why aren’t you using javascript?
Security.
More secure to disable sites from running js. There may also be performance considerations if sites are running js client side
I don’t think this is true. Or… I guess it is true, but I think the security benefit from not running JS is overhyped. Most vulnerabilities in the browser don’t involve the JS interpreter, since its security gets a lot of attention and there are a lot of other components which are equally capable of compromising everything as well. You could use Tor to keep your identity private, use an ad blocker to remove tracking which doesn’t need to involve JS, keep up-to-date on security which is critical to do anyway, and then disable JS on top of that but at that point I think you would be getting around a 10% improvement in security or something, when the other factors are a lot more significant.
Maybe I shouldn’t say it’s always a bad idea, but disabling it and then going around complaining about sites that don’t work sounds a lot like a self-created problem to me. A lot of sites don’t work without JS.
Agreed, complaining about it not working because you’ve disabled js is silly
I have to think they’re probably getting pretty mad by now.
In the US? Not a reasonable assumption
What? I’m talking about the astronauts who can’t go home.
So, real nuts and bolts question here. How does this affect their pay? Are they being paid extra to be up there so long? I would want overtime.
Fun fact, they don’t get paid during a government shutdown.
I have to think that if there are bonuses (probably not in a government org), they’d take that into account. Otherwise, probably not.
I don’t think they do.
Astronauts do not get overtime or holiday/weekend pay. They get paid for a 40-hour work week, i.e. their regular salaries. - NASA spokesperson
No TDY? No “space time” pay?
Huh. Kinda surprising.
Seems like that could breed resentment in the minds of astronauts who get stuck, like Butch and Suni. As cool as working in space would be, it’s still work. Combined with the toll that microgravity takes on the body, and missing my loved ones, I’d be wanting some “extra” compensation for my time and health.
I looked up astronaut pay and it says it’s between $100-180,000. Somewhat depressing that people can make more sitting in their house writing code working remote than someone who is risking their life on space missions. I guess you do get food and housing paid for that whole time, but wow.
What’s worse? You can’t quit.
Imagine them getting radicalized by the Russians and deciding to Unionize while on the ISS.
Might backfire if your life support teams down in Houston go on strike.
What is it’s a prank and all they have to do is get caught screwing to be allowed to come home?
Their DNA? To shreds, you say.
I wonder- Are people here still going to argue that they’re definitely happier to be up there than on the ground with their partners and kids when they thought they were going to see them again in 8 days because they’re in space!!!
You’re too far gone.
How do they get haircuts up there?
…but wait, there’s more!
Used one of those for a long time, when the blades start to dull, it becomes the most painful haircut you can imagine
Christ. You think president Musk will send a SpaceX solution up there or count his billions?
Probably both.
He’ll just funnel $$ to his private company using cuts to social services for poor people
My brain refuses to accept that this image is not upside down, even if I flip it, it’s upside down.
“I know what it feels like to be upside down from here.” -Atom and His Package
Everything is always upside-down and always right side up in space. Simultaneously!
The enemy’s gate is down.
They are still waiting on their delivery of lemon-soaked paper napkins. Any day now.
Why didn’t Boeing have a contingency plan for this? Not a lot of forward thinking going on there.
it’s not like the astronauts are in any danger
This has to be a joke
Just delayed by 1 year. Also, living in space does take a toll on your body.
And there’s the psychological toll as well.
a three hour tour. a three hour tour.
I hope they’re calling each other Gilligan and Skipper.
THEY’RE STILL UP THERE?!
Holy shit, so much has happened in this country and the world at large, I completely forgot this entire story was happening jesus christ almighty
To be fair, they know the state of the world; I’d probably choose to stay in space.
I thought they had already come down…
