Trump suggests paying overtime to astronauts back from space

Instead of a week, two Nasa astronauts spent nine months on the ISS space station. Being trapped in the workplace for so long should be financially worthwhile, one might think – but wrongly thought.

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One week became almost a year! The two US astronauts, who had to stay on the International Space Station for about nine months longer than originally planned, did not get paid the many overtimes. Just like other government employees on duty trips, they had received a salary for a 40-hour week, as well as costs for "transport, accommodation and meals" were taken over by NASA, said a spokesman for the US Space Agency. In addition, both of them had…

Because of a breakdown, spacemen had to stay on the ISS space station for nine months longer than planned. US President Trump now wants to pay the overtime "out of his own pocket"

Two U.S. astronauts were stuck on the ISS for about nine months. According to Nasa, the two received a salary for a 40-hour week. Donald Trump commented on the question of their overtime.

Five dollars a day for "unforeseeable extras" – more extras the Nasa did not pay the astronauts stranded on the ISS. Now US President Trump intervenes. In case of an emergency he will pay the overtime from his own pocket.