"Henk Boonsma" writes:

and that a rescue mission would have had to be sent up
to fetch the stranded astronauts.

With no guarantee whatsoever that the rescue mission wouldn't be bitten
by exactly the same problem, which would leave us with a few more people
stranded at the ISS and with 0 operational shuttles.

I wonder whether Russians would be able to mount enough rescue missions
to bring down the stranded original crew and the stranded rescue crew
before the ISS runs out of supplies.


Cheers, alex.