What annoys me is that NASA isn't launching a shuttle with a skeleton crew and an overabundance of supplies in the cargo bay. Where most are going up to relieve the majority of the current ISS crew. They could do a normal deorbit with a couple normal Soyuz capsule and leave the shuttle up there as a shelter \ lifeboat. I mean its not as if the current fleet is going to be doing anything other then collecting dust from here on out.
@John Doe I think it would take some (read: lots of) work to the vehicle before being able to just leave the shuttle in space for an extended period of time. It was made to be powered on (fuel cells operating, computer running, etc.) for the duration of its stay in space. Unfortunately it is not as simple as an Apollo CM.
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What annoys me is that NASA isn't launching a shuttle with a skeleton crew and an overabundance of supplies in the cargo bay. Where most are going up to relieve the majority of the current ISS crew.
They could do a normal deorbit with a couple normal Soyuz capsule and leave the shuttle up there as a shelter \ lifeboat. I mean its not as if the current fleet is going to be doing anything other then collecting dust from here on out.
@John Doe
I think it would take some (read: lots of) work to the vehicle before being able to just leave the shuttle in space for an extended period of time. It was made to be powered on (fuel cells operating, computer running, etc.) for the duration of its stay in space. Unfortunately it is not as simple as an Apollo CM.