‘We were never stuck’: Nasa astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams reflect on mission after return to Earth

NASA Astronauts Barry “Buch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams have rejected the claims that they were “stuck” or “abandoned” in space, Reporting The Guardian.
Speaking at a press conference in Houston on Monday, after returning to Earth two weeks ago on March 18, Wilmor and Williams claimed that they were never in trouble and adapted to their extended missions.
Astronauts, who were originally prescribed for the 10-day mission, spent an unexpected nine months International Space Station (Iss) but insisting that they never felt trapped.
‘Planning for one thing, preparing another’
Two astronauts, who traveled to the ISS last June, were in Boeing’s Starlineer spacecraft, found that they had long been long due to technical issues with capsules. However, instead of seeing it as an exam, he contacted it as part of his job.
Wilmore said during the press conference, “We were planning for one thing, preparing for another.”
Reject the story of ‘stuck’
Williams and Wilmore answered questions about the story “Stuck and Marun”.
In an earlier interview with Fox News, he rejected the story “abandoned”.
Wilmore said before insisting this, “Stuck and Marun’s story … yes, we heard about that,” Wilmore insisted that his situation was never serious. “In some cases, we were caught in some cases, perhaps we were trapped, but on the basis of how they were thinking – that we were left and forgot in the classroom – we were not with anyone anywhere.”
“The plan has stopped for the plan we had made. But because we are inside Human spacecraftWe prepare for any number of contingencies. This is a shapely road. You never know where it is going to go, ”he continued.
He clarified that he was never in danger when he did not return home to the house originally. “Got stuck? Well, the way we were planning, did not come home. But in the big plan of things, we did not get stuck.”
‘You do your work’
Williams strengthened Wilmore’s claim that while in class, his priority was only completing his work.
He said, “You are probably a little tunnel-vision … You talk about the type of your job, right, and so you are not really aware of what else is happening there,” he said.
“I hate to say that perhaps the world does not roam around us, but we roam around the world, there is something,” he said.
Crew speaks 9 commander
At the press conference, the third astronaut, Nick Hague, who took charge of Crew 9 and returned to Earth with Wilmore and Williams, also dismissed the “abandoned” story.
“Politics, kind, they do not make it there when we are trying to make operational decisions,” he said. “As the commander, (I) I am responsible for the safety of this crew and are safely withdrawing them.”
Starlineer’s future
The Starlineer program of Boeing is now uncertain as NASA and Boeing engineers investigated helium leaks and threster issues, which stopped Wilmor and Williams from returning to it.
Despite these challenges, both astronauts expressed confidence in Starlineer’s ability and said they would fly again on it.
Mission Commander Wilmor reflected on the experience and what could be done in a different way. He said, “I had questions that I wanted to ask during the flight, which could bring a different result,” he said, accepting some intervals in testing and preparation.
However, he rejected the idea of ​​blaming. “Can you indicate the fingers? I don’t want to point to the fingers. I hope no one wants to pointing the fingers. We do not want to see back and want to say, ‘Shame, shame, shame.
NASA and Boeing are ready to discuss their findings at a meeting with astronauts later this week.