Did I hear that right on Nicole Wallace's show...the segment she did on the astronauts stuck in space?

[brush]

Some were only supposed to be there 8 days, but now it's going to be 8 montns?

Not a profession for inflexible people.

[Think. Again.]

1. Sweet, sweet, overtime pay?

[jimfields33]

3. True. Kinda sad that Space X has to go get them.

I’d rather NASA be the hero.

[dchill]

2. You heard it right.

[Lovie777]

4. Musk.......

[WarGamer]

5. Boeing... lol

[Dennis Donovan]

6. The space-walking billionaire on the last SpaceX took their seat

I'm kidding - that flight went nowhere near the ISS.

Yes, they're stuck until SpaceX can rescue them.

[RidinWithHarris]

7. The bill for the pet-sitter could be frightening n/t

[tinrobot]

8. Yes, that's what they signed up for as test pilots

If the Boeing spacecraft they were testing didn't work as planned, they had a backup plan to use a SpaceX craft. Since there were enough issues with Boeing's ship to cause concern, they took the cautious route and used the backup plan.

That's the reason NASA wants two different spacecraft, so they have options and backups.

[Sugarmaggie]

9. Mark Kelly has longest record

Kelly has logged more than 520 days in space on four space flight, and currently holds the record for time in orbit by a U.S. Astronaut. He served as Space Shuttle pilot on STS-103 in 1999 and was the Mission Commander on STS-118 in 2007.

[Attilatheblond]

10. Um, no, that is Mark's twin brother Scott who holds that record

Mark, also an astronaut, was the test control. NASA could compare the effects of prolonged time in space on the human body using the identical twins. Scott was in space for a year and his condition was evaluated against Mark's earthbound year. Scott's body paid a price for the year in space.

https://time.com/5568522/kelly-twins-year-in-space/]