US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would pay the ‘overtime’ of astronaut Wilmore Buch and Sunita Williams from his pocket. Both astronauts have returned to Earth this week after being stuck in space for nine months. Both astronauts spent 286 days in space. Astronauts were sent on an eight -day mission, but they remained stranded there for 278 days due to malfunction in the vehicle.
When the dialogues at the Oval office asked Trump about the ‘overtime’ of astronauts, he said, “No one mentioned it to me. If I had to do it, I will pay it from my pocket. “Trump said when a ‘Fox News’ correspondent said that Wilmore and Williams get five US dollars per day for every day in space, that is, their additional salary becomes US $ 1,430. A rescue team brought Williams and Wilmore to Earth this week from the ‘SpaceX Crew Dragon’ vehicle.
Trump also thanked Alan Musk, head of ‘Tesla’ and ‘SpaceX’. He said, “Think if we don’t have that (allen Musk)?” If we did not have Alan, it would have been that they (Williams and Wilmore) and lived there for a long time. ”According to NASA, the annual salary has been paid to around $ 152,258 US $ 152,258, Villmore and Williams have been paid around US $ 1,430 for 286 days in space.
