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> Are those on stand-by ready to go? Good News: There's no real risk to them remaining on ISS at this point, short of some major incident on the ISS itself whi

> Are those on stand-by ready to go? Good News: There's no real risk to them remaining on ISS at this point, short of some major incident on the ISS itself which required immediate evacuation. Less good: Even if Boeing had a spare Starliner (they don't), they don't have a spare rocket to put it on. Even if Boeing had a spare fully stacked Starliner + Rocket, I'm not sure anyone (even Boeing) would trust their process to be agile enough to launch a recovery mission any time soon. So that leaves Russia's Soyuz and SpaceX's Crew Dragon. Using Soyuz would be a major political headache, aside from anything else. It'd require scrapping the next planned Soyuz mission - it may take several months to get that ready. I believe they have to (and would) have to send it up manned. Using Crew Dragon may be possible, No idea on where SpaceX is as with having refurbished/ready to go capsules on hand, but they have enough launch cadence that it may be possible. Space Suits then become a problem - they're specific to each launch vehicle, and customised for each wearer. So lead times there become an issue.

cameldrv 2y ago
Polaris Dawn is supposed to go up next month, and while that mission isn’t going to the station, that capsule has been there multiple times, so I doubt it would need much modification.
- jayemar 2y ago
  For those unaware (like me), Polaris Dawn is a planned private human spaceflight mission, operated by SpaceX and using the Crew Dragon capsule, scheduled to launch on July 12 (according to Wikipedia).
Cody-99 2y ago
>It'd require scrapping the next planned Soyuz mission - it may take several months to get that ready. I believe they have to (and would) have to send it up manned. Soyuz can be launched to the ISS with no crew. The Russians sent up a Soyuz with no crew a few years ago when the Soyuz they used to get up there stared leaking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-23 (Of course it probably would launch manned because they would only be picking up 2 people)

cameldrv 2y ago

Polaris Dawn is supposed to go up next month, and while that mission isn’t going to the station, that capsule has been there multiple times, so I doubt it would need much modification.

jayemar 2y ago
For those unaware (like me), Polaris Dawn is a planned private human spaceflight mission, operated by SpaceX and using the Crew Dragon capsule, scheduled to launch on July 12 (according to Wikipedia).

Cody-99 2y ago

>It'd require scrapping the next planned Soyuz mission - it may take several months to get that ready. I believe they have to (and would) have to send it up manned. Soyuz can be launched to the ISS with no crew. The Russians sent up a Soyuz with no crew a few years ago when the Soyuz they used to get up there stared leaking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-23 (Of course it probably would launch manned because they would only be picking up 2 people)