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Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by JshWright on Thursday October 11, 2018 @09:54AM (#18193526)
The current deadline for their return is the on-orbit lifespan of their return capsule. It's possible that grounding "crewed" flights doesn't mean grounding all flights. An uncrewed capsule could be sent up (they dock autonomously), and the missions of the on-station crews could be extended. Something similar has been done in the past due to a suspected fault in the on-orbit capsule.
Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by tomjen3 on Thursday October 11, 2018 @05:26PM (#18197164)
What a world we live in that we have space capsules that can dock autonomously....
Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by JshWright on Thursday October 11, 2018 @06:40PM (#18197602)
The Russians have done it since the beginning of space capsules.
Re:Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket by scoggs on Friday October 12, 2018 @04:02PM (#18204290)
> It's possible that grounding "crewed" flights doesn't mean grounding all flights

This is what I figured / assumed but I didn't want to act like I actually knew as basically everything I'm saying is an assumption. Thank you!