‘I’ll Pay It Out of My Own Pocket’: Trump Says He’ll Make Sure the Two Astronauts Stuck in Space Get Overtime
As government employees, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were only eligible for an extra $5 a day for ‘incidentals.’
President Trump said Friday he’s open to paying the overtime for the two astronauts who were stuck on the International Space Station for more than nine months.
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are only eligible for $5 a day in extra payment for “incidentals” while in space, according to a New York Times report on Thursday. The astronauts, who were supposed to be in space only eight days, spent an extra 278 days orbiting the Earth after their spacecraft malfunctioned.
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