http://www.floridatoday.com/news/spa...3004rescue.htm

Anyone know why they decided that returning 3 crew aboard soyuz early on is a
bad idea? That fascinates me. No matter what the crew is stranded. Better to
get the life support load dropped ASAP.

Beyond which it appears they have given up all thoughts of salvaging the
shuttle prefering to ditch it in the pacific. A irreplaceable orbiter.

Does soyuz have auto dock capacity like progress?

What they really need are a couple soyuz always ready for launch within a month
or less waiting in inventory.

Send 3 crew back onboard the at station soyuz, and launch two adfditional
unmanned soyuz to return the others.

Thuis news story raises lots of new questions
Hey this is my opinion