00:00Sunita Williams has returned to Earth after 314 days from the International Space Station.
00:11On Wednesday morning, at 3.26 am, her Dragon capsule landed near Florida, USA.
00:17Sunita Williams had gone to the International Space Station for only 9-14 days.
00:22But there was some problem with her Boeing spaceship.
00:25After that, NASA decided not to use this spaceship.
00:30After that, NASA found a way for Sunita Williams to return with the help of Alan Musk's company Space X.
00:36Now the question arises, will both the astronauts be given overtime on behalf of NASA after 9 months of 8-day mission?
00:45So let's know what NASA's salary structure says.
00:49Usually, employees working in a company are given overtime to do extra work.
00:55But does this apply to astronauts too?
00:58Actually, this question arises because astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore, who went on an 8-day mission,
01:03are returning to Earth after more than 9 months.
01:07So let me tell you that according to NASA's salary structure,
01:10ISS astronauts are not given overtime to spend extra time in space for any reason.
01:19NASA astronauts are salaried federal employees and they are notified under GS-15 salary grade,
01:26who get $1,25,133 to $1,62,672 annually and if they are converted into Indian currency,
01:36then the annual salary of the astronauts coming under this grade is from Rs. 1,08,00,000 to Rs. 1,41,00,000.
01:44Here it is said that despite facing high risk, busy schedule and long time loneliness,
01:50there is no overtime for this in NASA's salary structure.
01:54Even though the astronauts traveled around the planet for months.
01:58According to reports, the most popular astronauts in the list include Sunita Williams,
02:03Butch Willmore and Butch Willmore.
02:06The total amount of money in Indian currency is about $5 million, which is more than Rs. 43 crores in Indian currency.
02:11Even in the facilities that astronauts get during the mission, all the necessary expenses such as food, accommodation, transport are covered.
02:17And this is not only given when going into space, but also during training on Earth.
02:22If we talk about any kind of extra compensation, then it is given for only one incidental expenses,
02:28which is of only $4 per day, i.e. about Rs. 347 per day.
02:33If calculated according to the approximately 300 days spent in the space of Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore,
02:39then it is Rs. 1,04,100.
02:41However, NASA clearly states that this amount is for personal expenses and it is not called overtime salary.
02:48A retired astronaut from NASA, Caddy Coleman, has spent about 6 months in space.
02:54He said that it has always been a normal thing that you do not get overtime to stay in space.
03:00In fact, this is part of the agreement.
03:03He said that NASA's logic is that the mission of astronauts is fully financed
03:08and all kinds of life-threatening expenses are covered from the beginning.
03:13Therefore, there is no need for overtime, even if the mission of astronauts is long and dangerous.
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