Indian-origin American astronaut Sunita Williams and her colleague Butch Wilmore have been stranded in space for two months.
Space expert and former US military commander Rudy Ridolfi has described three frightening possibilities.
Rudy said that if he tried to come back from this damaged spacecraft, he might evaporate and die from the heat generated by friction.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Ridolfi said that technically it would have to be brought at the correct angle to bring the Boeing Starliner safely back to Earth.
As long as the capsule is at the right angle to enter the atmosphere, everything will be fine, but if it is not right, they will either burn up or go back into space. In this situation, they will have only 96 hours of oxygen supply with them, which will make their survival very difficult.
The worst case scenario would be for the Starliner spacecraft to be thrown into space as it would then vaporize in space. In both situations, their lives could be in danger.
If they tried to enter the atmosphere at a very sharp angle, there would be a danger of the astronauts burning up due to the friction between the air and the Starliner.
Earlier, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been stranded in space for the last two months. Both these astronauts, who set out on a space mission of only 10 days aboard Boeing’s Starliner, are on the International Space Station due to a malfunction in their aircraft.
NASA has planned to take the help of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule to bring them back from there. But if they are brought back through this plan, then they will be able to return to Earth by February or March 2025. Staying in the micro gravity of space for so many days is not safe for both the passengers.
According to NASA reports, both the passengers are gradually facing many health related problems.
However, a statement from Boeing has come that work is going on on the Starliner and it is capable of bringing back passengers in case of an emergency, but it does not want to get into any ifs and buts, so it is taking help from NASA.
A report was released by NASA on Boeing in which the Pentagon was urged to impose a fine on Boeing because it had not properly shared the safety information of the Stellar.
Currently, NASA has said that all efforts are being made for the safety of the astronauts and SpaceX’s Dragon capsule will soon bring them back to Earth.
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