NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has been stuck in space for almost two months with her partner Butch Wilmore. Their return to Earth now seems difficult. Recently, a former US military space system commander, Rudy Ridolfi, has also expressed similar apprehensions.
He believes that the coming time is very important for Sunita Williams and her companions, if their way back is not ensured in a few days, they may even die. Let us tell you in this article today how Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are spending their day in the space station and how their food and drink arrangements are being made.
Arrangement of food and drink in the space station
When an astronaut is sent to the space station, his food and drink items are also sent along with him. The quantity of food and drink depends on how many days the astronaut is going to the space station. In fact, the weight of food for one day for an astronaut is 1.7 kg.
That means if an astronaut has to spend 30 days in the space station, then 51 kg of food will be arranged for him. Talking about drinking water, there is a machine installed in the space station that can filter the astronaut’s bathroom water and sweat and convert it into drinking water.
How Sunita Williams is managing
Sunita Williams and her companion Butch Wilmore went to the space station for 8 days. In such a situation, about 27 kg of food was arranged for them. But now it has been almost 2 months, and it is very difficult to arrange food and drink for them there. However, in any space shuttle and space station, there is a lot of stock of food and drink for emergency situations. That means even if Sunita Williams and her companions remain stranded in space for a few more months, there will be no shortage of food and drink for them.
But such a situation may not arise, because both NASA and Boeing can decide to approve Starliner to bring the astronauts back to Earth. But if NASA and Boeing officials decide against the return of Starliner, then Sunita Williams and her companions will have to spend at least 6 more months in space.
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