No, the astronauts who were scheduled to be on the International Space Station for 8 days, and who are still there over 8 months later, are not being rescued by SpaceX. It makes me wince and cringe every time I hear someone say this.
They were never really stranded or abandoned; their plans changed.
They were rolled into "Crew 9" months ago and are being replaced by "Crew 10"-- to come home soon-- as has been scheduled for months now.
I have very little (if any) respect for NASA and the MIC clods of Boeing. But this "stranded" and "rescued" business is just dumb.
Now, it's possible there were some off-the-record discussions-- and probably some sneakiness and politics (but I repeat myself)-- but you and I will never hear the truth about all that. None of this is the breaking news it is being framed as.
Nothing new is happening that wasn't planned for and publicly discussed months ago. Only people who don't keep up with such things-- such as the media-- could think otherwise.
Thank you for reading.
