Jacques van Oene wrote:
The mission also marks the
return to a three-member permanent crew operating the orbital facility.


Ok, if Discovery launches with problems similar to its previous flight,
with NASA announcing a similar grounding, Will Reiter stay on station,
with the next crews back to only 2, or would Reiter return on Discovery
leaving the ISS with 2 crewmembers ?

What is the status on the role of the shuttle with respect to crew
exchanges ? Will Soyuz be responsible for crew exchanges for 2
crewmembers with shuttle responsible for the 3rd crewmember ? Or will
Soyuz be responsible for all crewmmeber exchanges ? (depriving Russia of
the potential to sell a 3rd seat).