Theyβre not stuck up there, weβre stuck down here.
Itβs going to splashdown into a landfill. A trashdown as it were.
I donβt know whether Iβm hoping for it to land OK, so they can figure out whatβs going on and maybe get them back sooner, or have a fatal issue so that the two stuck for another 6 months or whatever it is can at least feel relief that they didnβt take the chance.
Shame on you.
I think the canonical response is:
Honestly, it doesnβt sound to me like landing or not landing is going to help either wayβ¦ the issues causing the delay arenβt going to be impacted much, itβll be a matter of solving the overheating and teflon deformation issues. Which could be something easy or take a big redesign of the βdoghousesβ and thrusters, who knowsβ¦
itβs not like itβs rocket scienceβ¦
And the service module will burn up in any case, they they canβt examine it on the ground.