How about NASA establish a Life Boat division first for the ISS? It’s mind boggling that there is no standby escape vehicle on the ISS to abandon ship. No, just because it is highly experimental doesn’t mean NASA can ignore hundreds of years of best practices.
mind boggling that there is no standby escape vehicle on the ISS
Starliner notwithstanding, that’s pretty much what they do with Dragon and Soyuz, which serve as lifeboats for the entire duration of the mission. Even if they just have to relocate a capsule from one docking port to another, they make the entire crew get inside to ensure that there are never more people on station than there are seats on a ride home.
How about NASA establish a Life Boat division first for the ISS? It’s mind boggling that there is no standby escape vehicle on the ISS to abandon ship. No, just because it is highly experimental doesn’t mean NASA can ignore hundreds of years of best practices.
Starliner notwithstanding, that’s pretty much what they do with Dragon and Soyuz, which serve as lifeboats for the entire duration of the mission. Even if they just have to relocate a capsule from one docking port to another, they make the entire crew get inside to ensure that there are never more people on station than there are seats on a ride home.