Astronauts first started voting from space in the late 1990s … so, nothing out of the ordinary here — though there are a couple more astro-ballots beaming down than NASA originally anticipated.
As you know … the Boeing Starliner capsule returned to Earth about a week ago — cruising back down unmanned after a series of issues made NASA too nervous to allow the 2-person crew to return with their spaceship.
Butch and Sunita — who originally went up in June for what was supposed to be a week-long mission — are stuck in outer space for another 6 months or so … catching a ride on one of Elon Musk‘s SpaceX ships early next year.
Sounds like their votes will make the trek down before they do … democracy in action!
