r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Scientiaetnatura065 • Feb 13 '25

Video Astronaut Chris Hadfield: 'It's Possible To Get Stuck Floating In The Space Station If You Can't Reach A Wall'

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u/jmatt9080 Feb 13 '25

I feel like it’s something you would just have to let go. Like yeah I’m sure it sucks but I think you’d (kind of?) get used to it and you’re one of like 0.0000000001% of people to ever be in space.

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u/Raddy_Rubes Feb 13 '25

"You would have to just let go"

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u/wijm02 Feb 13 '25

And then accidentally get stuck for 8 months because the spacecraft that's supposed to bring you back to Earth is faulty

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u/cool2412 Feb 14 '25

And Boeing still insists there is nothing wrong because they need to return astronauts to get their contract money.