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Suggestions for how the stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts can entertain themselves

Photo collage of an astronaut with the reflection of a mushroom cloud in their helmet.
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images

Probably you have already heard that astronauts Barry ”Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams may not be able to leave on the Boeing Starliner that brought them to the International Space Station. I have been thinking about it in quiet moments — when I wake up in the morning, on hikes, in the shower.

Those guys popped up there on June 5th, and they were supposed to spend a week on the ISS doing normal astronaut stuff and then go home. But apparently the Boeing Starliner was made about as well as the Boeing 737 Max, and so the astronauts have been on an unplanned vacation in orbit. They might be up there until next FebruaryNASA hasn’t made a decision yet.

Man, I get antsy waiting for a bus, and these two have been cooling their heels for…

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