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Do we more or less know how many days worth of supplies they have to keep both up there if needed?
by gangorgasm 2y ago
Do we more or less know how many days worth of supplies they have to keep both up there if needed?
- smilespray 2y agoI don't know the specific answer, but I would double-check we got the same number of astronauts back down as we sent up.
- Bluestein 2y agoTotally on point.- PS. There was a nice movie released 1979 about that :)
- dotnet00 2y agoIIRC they usually keep an extra 3 months worth of supplies available at the station, to allow for delays to resupply missions. A resupply mission also arrived at the station recently, which would have had additional supplies for them. If they decide to go with the plan of sending a reduced crew in Crew-9, they'll probably add extra supplies to that too. So, supply wise there shouldn't be any concerns.
- nordsieck 2y ago> Do we more or less know how many days worth of supplies they have to keep both up there if needed? Not sure, but a Cygnus resupply mission (NG-21) launched on the 4th of August, so I'm sure they have plenty of supplies.
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoSupplies aren't an issue - they send up more every couple of months, and just did so a week or two ago. There is a slight inconvenience in that the ISS has 6 bedrooms and 7 astronauts, so now one of them will be sleeping on the couch for 8 months rather than 8 days.
- gangorgasm 2y ago> sleeping on the couch for 8 months rather than 8 days. Wonder what that actually translates to, in space Is there an extra "guest" specially-adapted "zero gravity sleeping bag" or such?
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoAll I read was that the "couch" is a sleeping bag in the Japanese module. I think the real sleeping quarters provide privacy as well as strapping down the occupant as some semblance of gravity.