Through no fault of their own.
Making it a less attractive option than:
1.
Waiting 10 months for reliable transportation.

Jumping like Sandra Bullock inGravityand hoping for the best.
So that eight day trip (asks AI to do the math) lasted 285 days.
Including the rescue of heroic Americans from the unforgiving vacuum of space.

And this was no exception.
But this is not about that.
We have our faults.
But we are still truly an amazing species capable of miraculous things.
Godspeed to all involved.