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Curtis Stinespring's avatar

You must not be old enough to remember washing machine wringers. Here's a link showing a motorized model. I even remember the hand-cranked versions. I was surprised they are still made but not attached to washing machines.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5b/b7/37/5bb737cb71d8cccd594caa578f7a3a9c--washing-machines-washers.jpg

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Lizzie's avatar

Whatever the cause of any delay, Trump and Musk got the astronauts home within 3 months and Biden and Boeing did not get them home over a period of 9 months. And the "perfectly safe" argument does not fly either, because no one believes that the two crew members would not be happier at home on earth as was originally planned. Were they aware that their return. might be delayed when they were chosen for the flight? YES. Did they know this was the first manned flight of the Boeing craft? YES.Was the decision by either Biden or Trump not to trust a vehicle that had had some "small" problems in the past? Probably, and also probably as much for reasons of national pride as for the reflection on a given Presidency, should another glitch occur. In the end, the political decision to let a flawed new craft take the crew up to the station was the cause of the extended stay.

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