On Dec 12, 1:45*pm, Jeff Findley wrote:
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*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.

It has, it's called the Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APAS-95).
Your suggestion to modify the CBM is a hack.

dragon deliverys freight then hangs out attached to ISS for
emergencies

Only in your mind. *Dragon's first cargo flight is coming up. *It's not
ready for a crew.

I wish SpaceX good luck, but please don't count your chickens before
they're hatched.

Jeff
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today if soyuz cant launch its decrew ISS and run the risk of a out of
control station coming down on someones head....

at least with a admitted hack the station and crew would have a chance
for safety.

today a ISS debris hit could take out the soyuz and we could all watch
the crew die and station be out left to tumble out of control