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Woman loses thousands of dollars to romance scammer posing as astronaut in distress
(www.cbsnews.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025
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... What was money going to do for them while they were still in space, though?
Also astronauts are salary. They were getting paid while stuck in space, they also get hazard pay. I would imagine being stuck in space counts as a hazard. Most of them are making 6 figures.