Video: NASA Astronauts Speak to Media on Extended Stay in Orbit

“Recognizing that you’re both team players and veteran NASA astronauts, do you feel let down by Boeing and Starliner and the fact that this is clearly not something you plan for your life?” “Let down? Absolutely not. Not — never entered my mind. I don’t think Suni’s either until you mentioned it.” “Earlier, you talked about watching Starliner go home. I’m just curious if you can go more into the emotions you are feeling when it ultimately returns safely. Was there any disappointment that you weren’t on it?” “To be honest with you, I was so happy it got home with no problems. I was — we saw it fly away and then we all got up. The whole crew got up at whatever, 3 in the morning. And we had it up on our iPads watching it land.” “It’s a very risky business, and things do not always turn out the way you want. Before we launched, we said we’re going to find things. That is the nature of test. Every single test flight, especially a first flight of a spacecraft or an aircraft that has ever occurred, has found issues that things that you just cannot think about — 90 percent of our training is preparing for the unexpected.”