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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The Warm Equations
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 21:08:32 -0500
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On 6/23/2024 11:37 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> Interesting to note the way margins of a real-life space venture are run:
> 
> Two astronauts have been stuck at the ISS for an extra two weeks,
> so far, because their ride has flat tires, and it's not a crisis,
> and nobody has had to volunteer to step out the airlock.

The real question is, there are 7 or 8 people in those tin cans.  Is 
there enough food, water, air, and diapers for all of them for another 
month ?  Or is SpaceX going to have to send an emergency supply ship ?

Can the Boeing Starliner drop without a crew ?  I suspect so.

Lynn