But this is probably just around $4 each day, which comes to $1,004 for each of them for their work so far. The space agency also maintains that the astronauts are not really “stranded.”
‘The party line at NASA is that the astronauts are not stuck,’ according to astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who told Washingtonian that the crisis has been ‘far overstated.’
“They’re fine,” said McDowell. “They enjoy doing spacewalks, and they just got to do another one. They’ll take the next trip home.
This doesn’t really take into account any potential health issues the couple could be experiencing. According to accounts, the astronauts must exercise for hours each day.
To avoid major health problems brought on by prolonged weightlessness, and photos have revealed them to be noticeably slimmer.
