Donald Trump on Sunita williams: American space agency NASA’s veteran astronaut Sunita Williams and his colleague Buch Wilmore will get only 5 US dollars (Rs 430) per day as overtime despite unplanned in space for 278 days.

Actually, when this information came in front of US President Donald Trump, he expressed surprise and said, “That’s all?

Astronauts stuck for 9 months
Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmore went to a week’s mission in June 2023 last year, but their mission rose by 9 months due to technical fault in Boeing Starlineer spacecraft and recently returned to Earth on 19 March 2024. According to NASA’s rules, no special salary is given for their overtime or additional tenure. However, they get a minor daily allowance, which is fixed at $ 5 (Rs 430) per day. After an additional tenure of 278 days, they will get a total of US $ 1,430 (Rs 1,22,980).

When a reporter asked Trump if these astronauts would be given additional salary, they replied, “No one talked to me about it. If needed, I will pay from my pocket.”

NASA astronaut overtime policy
All astronauts of NASA are federal employees, whose salary is fixed according to a certain grade. Sunita Williams gets a salary of US $ 152,258 (Rs 1.30 crore) annually as GS-15 level employee, including health insurance and housing allowance. However, they are not paid for overtime, weekend or holidays.

How much does Sunita Williams get salary?
Trump commented on this situation and praised his old colleague and tech veteran Alan Musk. Williams and Wilmore were brought back to Earth with the help of SpaceX’s dragon capsules. He said, “If we did not have Alan Musk, he would be stuck in space for a long time. Who else would have brought him?” He also targeted the Biden administration and said that NASA needs to improve the safety and salary policy of these passengers.

Donald Trump on Sunita williams: US President Donald Trump said in a statement on Friday (March 21) that he was not aware that NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmor did not receive overtime salary for unexpectedly increased migration at the International Space Station (ISS). According to the report, both astronauts were to get a total payment of $ 1,430 ($ 5) for 286 days, but it has not been given yet.

Donald Trump reacted to this issue and said, ‘Nobody told me this. If needed, I will pay from my pocket. He further said that this amount is not very much and it is very less than that of astronauts.

Trump praised Spacex and Allen Musk

Trump appreciated Spacex and his CEO Allen Musk, who helped Williams, Wilmore, Nick Heg and Russian Astronaut Alexander Gorbunov back to Earth. All of them were landed in the sea near the coast of Florida through the dragon spacecraft of Spacex on Wednesday (March 19).

Delay due to technical flaws

Sunita Williams and Buch Willmore who were Test Pilots of Boeing’s new Starlineer Capsule. He was sent on an eight -day mission, but he was stuck there for more than nine months. During this time, his spacecraft revealed serious technical problems like helium leaks and the thruster failure, due to which he could not be brought back. Trump said, ‘If we did not have Alan Musk, they could have been stuck there for a long time. The body starts to weaken after nine-ten months and after 14-15 months, the situation could have worsened.

Trump mentioned attacks on Tesla

In his statement, Trump also mentioned Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla and said that it has recently been a victim of some attacks and sabotage. He compared these incidents to the riots in Capital Hill on 6 January 2021. After this statement by Trump, this matter has become a matter of discussion, but so far there has been no formal response from NASA or US administration.

Sunita williams return: NASA’s Astronaut Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmore returned to the earth at 3:27 am on Wednesday (March 19) after being stuck in the International Space Station (ISS) in space for 9 months. The return of these astronauts was made through the dragon spacecraft capsule of SpaceX. After Astronauts’s safe return to earth, she is getting congratulations and good health wishes from every part of the world. But meanwhile, astrophysicist Neil Degrag Tyson said that he had no concern about Sunita Williams returning home.

Why did astrophizist make such a statement,

Astrophysicist Neil Degrag Tyson told NDTV, Sunita Williams and Buch Willmore are professional astronauts and were selected for this mission. Not only because they are physically fit, but they are also emotionally fit and when you are emotionally fit, then even if the 8 -day journey turns in a 9 -month journey, it does not matter to you. So I never worried about their safety or returning home safely. “

He said, “You would not have seen a nervous or giving such a reaction to the crew members during this 9 -month journey, so that the safety of the crew would be in any danger. So I was never upset for him nor did I have sympathy for him, even if everyone else was very worried about him.”

What is the disgusted about the health of astronauts,

Tyson said, “Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmore’s 8 -day -old journey to the International Space Station changed in 9 months. In such a situation, he has spent a long time amidst the gravity of space. After which it will take some time to coordinate with the gravity of the Earth.”

He further said, “I have never gone to space, but I have many friends who have spent a lot of time in space and they say that in general they are fine in a week.”

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