On 2004-06-10, EAC wrote:

I chose the Space Shuttle over the Soyuz simply
because the Space Shuttle is more flexible.

Er... If it's flexible, then why is that it's the Soyuz that is
currently keeping the I.S.S. manned?

Soyuz takes three people and some luggage, and really does need to get
home in two days or stay over somewhere. Shuttle takes seven, a small
apartment, twenty tons of equipment, and can easily do fourteen days
on-orbit on its own.

Unfortunately, in certain operation respects it's more fragile. (Or
possibly its operators are just more protective). Hence it not doing
much at the moment.

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-Andrew Gray