Sunita Williams will be happy, Trump will calculate NASA’s ‘injustice’

March 22, 2025, 10:03 IST

Sunita Williams news: NASA was giving only 5 dollars like overtime to Sunita Williams, an American space trip to the Indian origin instead of spending more than 9 months on ISS. Many people from NASA is …Read more

Sunita Williams has returned to Earth after spending more than 9 months in space. It is currently in the rehabilitation of the US space agency. UU. NASA for a few days. He went to the International Space Station (ISS) for only 8 days, but he had to stay there for 9 months due to a technical failure. In this situation, the question arose in the minds of almost all people that how much money and extra time that NASA would give Sunita Williams and her partner Buch Wilmore to spend so many months in space.

Astronauts such as Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmor get the same standard salary as other government employees. They work 40 hours a week and do not get an additional salary for overtime, weekends or vacations. According to NASA, astronauts obtained more than $ 152,000, or 1.32 million rupees last year.

Even while they are in space, astronauts obtain their regular salary, since they are considered government employees in an official visit. This means that NASA has its transport, stay and food expenses. They also get additional money for small daily expenses, which are called ‘casual expenses’. At this time, this amount is 5 dollars, that is, 430 daily rupees. Sunita Williams spent 286 days in space. In such a situation, he obtained $ 1430, that is, around 1.23 Lakh rupees.

Many people were surprised by obtaining such a small amount of Sunita Williams and her partner Buch Wilmor, while many also expressed their disgust. Perhaps his disgust will say that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has made a great announcement about these astronauts. Trump said Friday that he would give these two NASA astronauts in his pocket instead of spending more time in space.

Trump also thanked Allen Musk for the Spacex Dragon Freedom spacecraft used to bring the astronauts stranded back home. At the same time, when asked about Sunita and Buch, which “helped save from space, did not receive any extra time salary.” Then Trump said: “If I had to do it, I will pay my pocket … and I want to thank Allen Musk because he thinks what would have happened if they were not with us.”

Trump’s comment occurred a few days after Williams and Willmore set up in a Spacex Dragon spacecraft on the Florida coast on Tuesday. Boeing’s Starline spacecraft went to ISS with him and had to return after 8 days. However, meanwhile, there was a technical failure in the vehicle. Starlineer returned only to Earth, while Sunita and Buch remained in the space station.