Sunita Williams will have only 98 hours of oxygen if starliner enters wrong angle

Nasa’s Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and her partner Butch Wilmore have been stranded in space for several days. They went to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Due to a major malfunction in the spacecraft, the Starliner is not being brought back to Earth and Sunita and Butch are left in space. The US space agency NASA has not been able to finally decide how to bring Sunita Williams and Butch to Earth. If they stay there with the current crew of the ISS, they will be able to return to Earth next year in 2025.

Apart from this, if an attempt is made to bring both the astronauts to Earth through the Starliner spacecraft, then it could be dangerous. daily Mail In a conversation with , former commander of the US military space systems Rudy Ridolfi has talked about three serious situations that can arise while bringing the Starliner back to Earth. Even a slight disturbance can endanger the lives of astronauts.

It is necessary to return to earth at the right angle

Rudy Ridolfi believes that to return safely to Earth, Starliner will have to enter the Earth’s atmosphere at the right angle. If the entry is made at the wrong angle, the spacecraft will collide with the Earth’s atmosphere and remain in space and then the astronauts will have only 96 hours of oxygen left.

Another possibility is that if the alignment of the spacecraft is not correct while coming to the Earth, it will never be able to enter the Earth’s atmosphere and will remain in space forever.

Even if the heat shield fails, ‘death’ will occur

If Starliner entered at an angle, its heat shield could fail due to excessive friction and heat. If this happens, the spacecraft could burn up before reaching the Earth’s surface.