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Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by Sharlin on Thursday October 11, 2018 @06:13AM (#18192219)
It might; at least part of them. I presume they have contingency plans for exactly this situation. Probably leave a skeleton crew up there until either a new crew can be launched or the station has to be abandoned (supply missions are probably not a problem, but the Soyuz return capsules have a limited ”shelf life”).
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Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by wolf550e on Thursday October 11, 2018 @06:44AM (#18192340)
They have a single return capsule there. They can't leave anyone without a return/rescue boat, so they all have to return together and leave the station empty. And as you said they can't extend stay for a year because Soyuz has limited life.
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Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by Sharlin on Thursday October 11, 2018 @07:05AM (#18192434)
Oops, right, they’re in the middle of crew change and there’s only three of them and one Soyuz up right now. That does complicate matters.
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Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by village-idiot on Thursday October 11, 2018 @08:14AM (#18192814)
Isn’t that Soyuz the one with the patched hole?
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Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by arctor_bob on Thursday October 11, 2018 @08:37AM (#18192958)
the hole is in the orbital module that gets ditched before reentry so it's not a problem
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Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by AstralStorm on Thursday October 11, 2018 @10:46AM (#18193933)
You really hope that is the only defect. Considering inspection missed this, what else did they miss?
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Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by rconti on Thursday October 11, 2018 @12:50PM (#18195047)
"skeleton crew" unfortunate term.
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