NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams should be paid more after their eight-day test flight of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft turned into a nearly 10-month post on the International Space Station, according to President Donald Trump.
The president made his opinion on that matter clear to members of the press in the Oval Office on March 21.
He was asked about Wilmore and Williams being set to receive only $5 a day more for their 286 days in space—totaling $1,430—and if there was anything the government could do about it.
“Well, nobody’s mentioned this to me,” Trump said. “If I have to, I’ll pay it out of my own pocket, OK? I’ll get it for them.”...
