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Also docked to the space station is SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule that ferried four astronauts to the ISS in March, and a Russian Soyuz capsule that delivered three others in September. Stich acknowledged that at least one of those vehicles could provide an alternative ride home for Wilmore and Williams.

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[-] someone@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

The dirty secret of US spaceflight is that it was always private. NASA has never built a rocket that can go to orbit, or orbital crew vehicles. It's all been private contractors, ever since the pre-NASA NACA days.

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