that it can be reliably controlled in an emergency.
The emergency could involve power, communications, or computers on ISS,
any of which could disable the ability to control the CBM from the
ground.

i am not saying this would be optimum, but just a last ditch fallback
in the case soyuz isnt available.

The whole point of the emergency return vehicle is to get the heck off a
damaged/disabled ISS and back to earth in a timely manner. *If it's
stuck at ISS due to the inability for the ground to command the CBM,
it's not much of a return vehicle, is it?

Jeff

a realtively simple detach and release system could be built for
emergency use only.

dragon deliverys freight then hangs out attached to ISS for
emergencies
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