NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore reiterated their preparedness and commitment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in response to President Trump's claims that they were abandoned by President Biden. During an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Wilmore emphasized that they do not feel stranded and sought to improve the narrative around their situation. The astronauts, who launched as part of Boeing's Starliner test flight, addressed the challenges encountered and clarified that NASA had never claimed they were abandoned, emphasizing the importance of contingency planning.
We don't feel abandoned. We don't feel stuck. We don't feel stranded. We come prepared. We come committed.
That's what your human spaceflight program is. It prepares for any and all contingencies that we can conceive of.
We knew that we would probably find some things (wrong with Starliner), and we found some stuff, and so that was not a surprise.
If you'll help us change the rhetoric, help us change the narrative, let's change it to prepared and committed.
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