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Isn't the question of how the astronauts will get back the real story here?

by GeekyBear 2y ago

diggan 2y ago
The option was between Starliner or Crew-9, so not using Starliner means they'll use Crew-9.
belter 2y ago
And also, do they have a way to evacuate right now in case of emergency?
- ripjaygn 2y ago
  They will reconfigure Crew 8 for six occupants for emergency evacuation.
  - belter 2y ago
    So they don't have an evacuation option right now? I assumed the problem was the spacesuits are not compatible with SpaceX requirements? https://www.adastraspace.com/p/boeing-spacex-spacesuits-compatible https://www.adastraspace.com/p/boeing-spacex-spacesuits-comp...
    - echoangle 2y ago
      The evacuation option right now is Starliner
    - dylan604 2y ago
      I'm guessing if the ISS was no longer able to sustain life support, Starliner would be used. Guaranteed loss of life by staying on ISS or having an unknown <100% chance of surviving using Starliner, of course it will be chanced. I'm not really sure what point your question is attempting to get at
      - belter 2y ago
        They don't have a way to come back to Earth right now on a Spaceship cleared for human flight.
        NavinF 2y ago
        I'm sure the astronauts would much prefer to have a Dragon available, but I don't think NASA's "cleared for human flight" means much. After all, 4% (14/355) of all the astronauts that flew on the space shuttle died when their vehicles exploded.
    - Jtsummers 2y ago
      Starliner is the evacuation option right now. It's a risky one, but until Crew-8 is reconfigured their only option.
    - nine_k 2y ago
      ISS is huge, and is very unlikely to fail all at once. In a case of a catastrophic failure, they could stay in a less affected part of the station. All life-critical systems on spacecraft are duplicated and triplicated. With the current SpaceX launch capabilities, a rescue Crew Dragon could arrive within days if not hours.
    - DiggyJohnson 2y ago
      They would use Starliner, which was announced a few weeks ago.
    - deleted 2y ago
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Isn't the question of how the astronauts will get back the real story here?

diggan 2y ago

The option was between Starliner or Crew-9, so not using Starliner means they'll use Crew-9.

belter 2y ago

And also, do they have a way to evacuate right now in case of emergency?

ripjaygn 2y ago
They will reconfigure Crew 8 for six occupants for emergency evacuation.
- belter 2y ago
  So they don't have an evacuation option right now? I assumed the problem was the spacesuits are not compatible with SpaceX requirements? https://www.adastraspace.com/p/boeing-spacex-spacesuits-compatible https://www.adastraspace.com/p/boeing-spacex-spacesuits-comp...
  - echoangle 2y ago
    The evacuation option right now is Starliner
  - dylan604 2y ago
    I'm guessing if the ISS was no longer able to sustain life support, Starliner would be used. Guaranteed loss of life by staying on ISS or having an unknown <100% chance of surviving using Starliner, of course it will be chanced. I'm not really sure what point your question is attempting to get at
    - belter 2y ago
      They don't have a way to come back to Earth right now on a Spaceship cleared for human flight.
      - NavinF 2y ago
        I'm sure the astronauts would much prefer to have a Dragon available, but I don't think NASA's "cleared for human flight" means much. After all, 4% (14/355) of all the astronauts that flew on the space shuttle died when their vehicles exploded.
  - Jtsummers 2y ago
    Starliner is the evacuation option right now. It's a risky one, but until Crew-8 is reconfigured their only option.
  - nine_k 2y ago
    ISS is huge, and is very unlikely to fail all at once. In a case of a catastrophic failure, they could stay in a less affected part of the station. All life-critical systems on spacecraft are duplicated and triplicated. With the current SpaceX launch capabilities, a rescue Crew Dragon could arrive within days if not hours.
  - DiggyJohnson 2y ago
    They would use Starliner, which was announced a few weeks ago.
  - deleted 2y ago
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