Astronaut Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmore recently returned from the International Space Station (ISS) under the Starliner Mission of NASA and Boeing. However, despite his hard work and risky mission, he will not get any overtime. That is, Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmore will not get any overtime despite spending 278 days more in space. According to the New York Times report, he was given only US $ 5 daily allowance under NASA rules.
Actually, Williams and Wilmore returned to Earth after 286 days on Tuesday. His visit was to be only eight days, but it became long due to his technical fault in his spacecraft. NASA spokesman Jimmy Russell said that even while in space, these are considered government employees and their journey is counted as an official travel order. According to the information, NASA astronauts are government employees and they get fixed salary, whether they are on earth or in space.
Only $ 5 per day allowance
According to the report, it is clear in NASA's rules that astronauts get the facility of travel, food and living, but no overtime, leave or weekend salary is paid. They are given only $ 5 per day Insidentals allowance, which is for small expenses during the journey. Accordingly, Williams and Wilmore received about $ 1,430 for their 286 days of stay.
It is not clear on Insidentals expenses what the Insiderls would have spent by Wilmore and Williams while staying 250 miles in space. This allowance is usually for fees and tips paid to porter, goods carrying goods, hotel staff and other service employees.
Sunita Williams said in September, “This is my place of happiness. I like to stay in space, it's just fun.”
Low allowance has been received earlier also
If $ 5 per day allowance seems to be low, remember NASA's astronaut Clayton Anderson, who was in space for 152 days in 2007, who received only $ 1.20 per day allowance. A total of $ 172 was received. He himself gave information about this. Anderson wrote on social media in 2022, “This is a government job that gets government salary. But it was my dream job, which I did not for money, but for my passion.”
