A change in thinking about ISS

The Soyuz emergency rescue vehicle can only seat three. NASA wants
(wisely, I think) to limit the number of people to that which can be
quickly evacuated in the event of an emergency. It would be quite a scene
if there were 6 people up there and a bad fire occurred, but only three
could be evacuated...

As to whether it is true or not that 2.5 of the 3 people spend their entire
days just maintaining the station, I don't know. I'd like to see a
breakdown of that maintenance work.

Ron Menich

Ian Woollard
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07/26/01 07:43
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> ISS is limited to a three person crew. It takes 2.5 people to operate
ISS.

> This leaves 0.5 of a person available to do experiments.

I'm sure that isn't the case. Tito said there was plenty of room there.

If more supply rockets go to ISS, then I don't really see where the 3
person

limit comes from; I believe the limit is life support related in fact;

and there's plenty of power up there to run bigger life support systems
if need be.

civilization?"