00:00Now, days after NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Mitch Wilmore landed on Earth, US President
00:06Donald Trump has said that he will be paying the NASA astronauts, both of them, out of
00:10his own pocket for the overtime that they did in space.
00:14Sunita and Mitch used to work 40 hours a week and they don't get extra payment for overtime,
00:19weekends or even working on holidays.
00:22Donald Trump also thanked Elon Musk for the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft.
00:27This was used to bring the stranded astronauts back home.
00:30According to NASA, astronauts earned over $1,250 last year.
00:35They also get extra money for small expenses, which is known as incidentals.
00:40Right now, the amount is $5 per day.
00:42Sunita and Mitch, they have spent close to 286 days in space.
00:47They are now all set to get an additional amount of $1,430 each.
00:58They didn't get any overtime pay for all that extra time.
01:01They got $5 a day per diem.
01:03For 286 days, that is $1,430 in extra pay.
01:10Is there anything the administration can do to get them, to make them whole?
01:15Well, nobody's ever mentioned this to me.
01:17If I have to, I'll pay it out of my own pocket, okay?
01:20I'll get it for them.
01:21Mr. President, can I say thank you very much?
01:23I like that.
01:24Mr. President, can I take a deal?
01:25I'll pay it right out of my...
01:26Is that all?
01:27That's not a lot for what they had to go through.
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