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One of the astronauts who was stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) said some of the blame for what went wrong lies with him.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams splashed down off the coast of Florida earlier this month after more than nine months onboard the ISS.
The two astronauts docked at the ISS on 5 June last year, expecting to be there for just eight days.
Instead, issues with Boeing’s long-awaited Starliner meant NASA decided to leave them waiting in orbit for months.
Butch: ‘Start with me’ for blame
Mr Wilmore was asked at a NASA press conference on Monday evening where he lays the blame for the issues with Starliner, to which he said, “I’ll start with me”.
“There were issues, of course, with what happened with Starliner,” he added. “There were some issues, of course, that happened that prevented us from returning on Starliner.
“And I’ll start with me because there were questions that, as the commander of the spacecraft that I should have asked. And I did not, I didn’t know I needed to…
“Blame, that’s a term – I don’t like that term – certainly there’s responsibility throughout all the programmes, and certainly you can start with me.”
He then added that responsibility for the issues with returning home can be found “all throughout the chain,” including with NASA and Boeing.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Pic: NASA Johnson
Suni: ‘Life goes on up there’
Ms Williams also said that she was somewhat surprised by the interest in their prolonged space mission.
“Life goes on up there. I…
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