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minus-squarecybermass@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down5·5 months agoYeah I mean, they only signed up to be there for so long. And are they paid on a contract? If so they are literally just losing money.
minus-squareDettweiler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·5 months agoThey’re employees of NASA. They receive a salary. They probably get hazard pay as a bonus, though.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoWhy on earth do you think it would work like that?
minus-squareEmerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoOn Earth? That’s not very space of you to say
minus-squarecybermass@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoBecause I’m Canadian, I have never worked as an astronaut and it was a mission on a private crew capsule that I know for sure was handled with contracts. But I wasn’t sure, and I was corrected, thanks to the good people of Lemmy.
Yeah I mean, they only signed up to be there for so long. And are they paid on a contract? If so they are literally just losing money.
They’re employees of NASA. They receive a salary. They probably get hazard pay as a bonus, though.
Why on earth do you think it would work like that?
On Earth? That’s not very space of you to say
Because I’m Canadian, I have never worked as an astronaut and it was a mission on a private crew capsule that I know for sure was handled with contracts.
But I wasn’t sure, and I was corrected, thanks to the good people of Lemmy.