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Here's Chris Hadfield (someone who has flown on this spacecraft before) discussing the event: https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/1050356573703262210 http

Here's Chris Hadfield (someone who has flown on this spacecraft before) discussing the event: https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/1050356573703262210 https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/1050356573703262210

avmich 8y ago
"The three people... on the space station, they are basically marooned there." What? They have their own Soyuz capsule, they have means to return to Earth on a very short notice, why Chris need to call it this?
- JshWright 8y ago
  Yeah, he even goes on to say that later....
- Rebelgecko 8y ago
  I wouldn't be excited to return to Earth in that particular Soyuz
  - JshWright 8y ago
    It's the only one there. The current crew will be using it to return to earth at some point. The manufacturing defect is in a portion of the spacecraft that is jettisoned before reentry anyway.
  - avmich 8y ago
    The hole is drilled in the orbital compartment of the Soyuz, not in the landing capsule. If you don't forget your spacesuit - which you shouldn't forget anyway - you're reasonably safe.
    - metalliqaz 8y ago
      "reasonably safe"
      - avmich 8y ago
        To be reasonably safe in space is a rather good measure... I do see your point though.
- 013a 8y ago
  The ISS isn't capable of being ran unmanned for any significant length of time. Yes they could escape in an emergency, but they're not going to be leaving "normally" until their replacements can arrive. And that won't be for a while, because as Chris explains in the video, there are no other launch vehicles ready to go beside the Soyuz, and it might be a while before the defect is identified and fixed.
  - JshWright 8y ago
    They can't outstay the orbital lifespan of the capsule currently docked. They'll be leaving when it's time to leave (unless a new (empty) Soyuz is launched to replace it (something that has happened once before)).
    - mcv 8y ago
      Yeah, from what I understand, the options are basically to either get a new return vehicle up there before December, or abandoning the station. It's a bad situation to be in. The end of ISS is certainly an option. I don't think they'll ever let astronauts stay there with an expired return vehicle.
      - JshWright 8y ago
        They might be willing to stretch it a little (but probably not much). The limiting factor is decomposition of the hydrogen peroxide used as propellant for the descent module. They can technically get down without it, but it would be a rougher (and riskier) ride.

avmich 8y ago

"The three people... on the space station, they are basically marooned there." What? They have their own Soyuz capsule, they have means to return to Earth on a very short notice, why Chris need to call it this?

JshWright 8y ago
Yeah, he even goes on to say that later....
Rebelgecko 8y ago
I wouldn't be excited to return to Earth in that particular Soyuz
- JshWright 8y ago
  It's the only one there. The current crew will be using it to return to earth at some point. The manufacturing defect is in a portion of the spacecraft that is jettisoned before reentry anyway.
- avmich 8y ago
  The hole is drilled in the orbital compartment of the Soyuz, not in the landing capsule. If you don't forget your spacesuit - which you shouldn't forget anyway - you're reasonably safe.
  - metalliqaz 8y ago
    "reasonably safe"
    - avmich 8y ago
      To be reasonably safe in space is a rather good measure... I do see your point though.
013a 8y ago
The ISS isn't capable of being ran unmanned for any significant length of time. Yes they could escape in an emergency, but they're not going to be leaving "normally" until their replacements can arrive. And that won't be for a while, because as Chris explains in the video, there are no other launch vehicles ready to go beside the Soyuz, and it might be a while before the defect is identified and fixed.
- JshWright 8y ago
  They can't outstay the orbital lifespan of the capsule currently docked. They'll be leaving when it's time to leave (unless a new (empty) Soyuz is launched to replace it (something that has happened once before)).
  - mcv 8y ago
    Yeah, from what I understand, the options are basically to either get a new return vehicle up there before December, or abandoning the station. It's a bad situation to be in. The end of ISS is certainly an option. I don't think they'll ever let astronauts stay there with an expired return vehicle.
    - JshWright 8y ago
      They might be willing to stretch it a little (but probably not much). The limiting factor is decomposition of the hydrogen peroxide used as propellant for the descent module. They can technically get down without it, but it would be a rougher (and riskier) ride.