Ways Stranded NASA Astronauts Can Pass The Time In Space

STRANDED IN SPACE, Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams and Commander Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore had arrived at the ISS on Boeing’s Starliner, which uncharacteristically for a Boeing craft experienced technical problems, but now have to find ways to entertain themselves for the next 6 months until their rescue craft arrives in February 2025.

Start up a debate on what the final scene of The Sopranos meant, those six months will fly by.

With the Earth out one window and the vast expanse of the galaxy out the other, a game of ‘eye spy’ should pass some time.

Paint a face on any available Wilson volley balls on the ISS so it feels like there’s more people on board.

Play 313,056 rounds of ‘Would you rather…’

Enter into negotiations with Netflix on participating in a reality dating TV show called ‘Love In Space’, which sees two people stranded in space try to make dating while stuck in space work.

Complete a PHD thesis exploring the negative impacts of the continuous outsourcing of key engineering projects to private sector companies who prioritise shareholder dividends above everything else.

Finally make good on that promise to read Ulysses.

Play the game ‘yellow reg’, keeping an eye out for any English space craft.

Ring the Cork tourism board and ask them if the county is worth visiting, listen intently for the next 6 months as the person on the other end of the line never shuts up.

Watch the Coronation Street boxset from the very beginning.