{"id":24876,"date":"2025-03-26T13:55:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24876"},"modified":"2025-03-26T13:55:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:55:37","slug":"how-much-donald-trump-would-have-to-pay-nasa-astronauts-for-their-6840-hours-in-space-after-saying-hell-personally-take-care-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24876","title":{"rendered":"How much Donald Trump would have to pay NASA astronauts for their 6,840 hours in space after saying he’ll personally ‘take care of it’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The space saga of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore might’ve finally come to an end, but now the pair are back on solid Earth, it doesn’t seem the media is letting up on its obsession with them.<\/p>\n

Having been stranded on the International Space Station for a whopping nine months, Williams and Wilmore eventually made it back to Earth with a bump – thanks to a little help from President Donald Trump and\u00a0Elon Musk<\/a>. Although the pair were only supposed to be in\u00a0space<\/a>\u00a0for eight days, it turned into an epic 286 days.<\/p>\n

Their story grabbed headlines around the world, with Musk even claiming the\u00a0Biden administration ‘abandoned’ them<\/a>\u00a0up there for political reasons. While the\u00a0NASA<\/a>\u00a0astronauts claim they weren’t abandoned up there, we’re sure they’re glad to be home.<\/p>\n

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Trump has promised to pay for Williams and Wilmore’s ‘overtime’ (Handout \/ Handout \/ Getty)<\/cite><\/div>\n

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Still, things are only just beginning, with Williams and Wilmore quickly being\u00a0rushed away on stretchers<\/a>\u00a0and thrown straight into a brutal\u00a045-day rehab regime<\/a>. Even though you might hope they’ll be paid handsomely for their time in the stars, their pay is actually\u00a0a shockingly small amount<\/a>. Trump vowed to make sure they’re compensated for their time in the immediate aftermath of their March 18 touchdown<\/p>\n

As\u00a0eported<\/a>\u00a0by the Daily Mail, Trump was informed that there would be no official overtime contingent for Williams and Wilmore, prompting the POTUS to say: “Nobody’s ever mentioned this to me. If I have to, I’ll pay it out of my own pocket. I’ll take care of it.”<\/p>\n

It comes after Wilmore’s daughter claimed her father would only get $5 extra per day he was up in space, which works out at a pretty meager $1,430. This will be added to their annual salary, which could be anywhere between $125,00 and $163,000.<\/p>\n

Still, it sounds like Trump is willing to pay for their $5 incidentals and maybe something a little extra on the top.<\/p>\n

Former NASA astronaut Cady Coleman said that astronauts only receive a basic salary without overtime benefits, although they do get a small sum for ‘incidentals’. Coleman went on to explain he got $4 a day for here 159-day mission in 2010, coming in at $636.<\/p>\n

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