according to a former astronaut anyway
*disclaimer: i know nothing
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anyway, some background
The Soyuz capsule currently linked to the ISS, and the one the crew must use as their return ship, has a "use by date" in January / February 2019. As I understand it, the Soyuz capsule is only certified for six months continuous vacuum exposure.
So, the crew can come back anytime, and must come back by early February. If there hasn't been a new capsule launch by then, they will leave the ISS empty / uncrewed, and it's not really designed for that.
My understanding is not that the crew is marooned, but that there is a risk that an untended ISS might either deteriorate or get damaged to a point that it would be unsafe to reoccupy, or its orbit might decay and it re-enter uncontrolled
My $0.02
ah thanks
And The Register says
With sorry Soyuz stuffed, who's going to run NASA's space station taxi service now?
SpaceX, Boeing running behind schedule, and don't get me started on SLS
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/11/soyuz_nasa_international_space_station/
Don't worry - there's Commander Alex aboard. You could ask him what's next: https://www.facebook.com/ESAAlexGerst/
- NET: FTTH, OPNsense, 10G backbone, GWN APs, ipPBX
- SRV: 12 RU HA server cluster, 0.1 PB storage on premise
- IoT: thread, zigbee, tasmota, BidCoS, LoRa, WX suite, IR
- 3D: two 3D printers, 3D scanner, CNC router, laser cutter
New team has arrived recently, former ISS team will be back Dec, 20th.
- NET: FTTH, OPNsense, 10G backbone, GWN APs, ipPBX
- SRV: 12 RU HA server cluster, 0.1 PB storage on premise
- IoT: thread, zigbee, tasmota, BidCoS, LoRa, WX suite, IR
- 3D: two 3D printers, 3D scanner, CNC router, laser cutter
It's all because that bloody Hal won't open the Pod Bay door.
Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.
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