Fact Checking The Crew 9 Return Timeline
Keith’s note: According to “NASA reveals astronauts’ return ‘would not have happened’ without Trump’s intervention” on Fox “This is a huge win for the Trump administration. And it would not have happened without President Trump’s intervention [NASA spokeswoman Bethany] Stevens said.” Weirdly, Janet Petro is quoted by NASA the other day as saying “Per President Trump’s direction, NASA and SpaceX worked diligently to pull the schedule a month earlier”. Easy fact check: Plans were announced on 24 Aug 2024 – by NASA – before Trump was even elected: “Wilmore and Williams will continue their work formally as part of the Expedition 71/72 crew through February 2025. They will fly home aboard a Dragon spacecraft with two other crew members assigned to the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.” A few week’s additional delays were due to SpaceX processing slips for the Dragon spacecraft. Just sayin’.
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Ah, so bold faced MAGA lying has come to NASA as well through Ted Cruz’s mouthpiece, as well as the acting administrator. I’m done with giving her (Janet) the benefit of the doubt. Get the hell out of here with all that BS.
I’m shocked that the former Ted Cruz spokesperson who’s been at NASA for 2 weeks is spouting the MAGA line.
Thanks for the link to the official press release from last August. It’s handy BS repellant.
Yes, Dave. Just like don’t look at the boogeyman waving the Signal chat app with classified TS/SCI info. The bombing was a success! We got the astronauts home! Nothing matters except results! Who cares about truth anymore. So grateful people like you in the agency exist.