Nice To Go Away For A Week.....

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4yqepr469o

Then your plane gets cancelled and you are stuck there.....

[piggynose]

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[Old_Geezer]

Adventure of a lifetime. Hope they brought their "smart" phone/camera. And lots of board games.

[Hymie]

I wonder if they have negotiated double-pay (overtime rates).

[Tilly2]

I dont understand why they can't come back. How do ISS crew return when they've done their stint?

[perseverer]

All the flights are planned well in advance with the available seats there or back allocated. As it stands, the two men's craft may be too dangerous to use for a manned flight back and may be returned unoccupied under computer control. Then to get the two back will involve sending a craft with empty seats, leaving the intended occupants out of the mission.

[jourdain2]

I hope there is enough food for a long stay!

[pastafreak]

Food was my first thought too!

How many are actually up there at any given time? 

[chelle7272]

''Earlier this week, Nasa used a SpaceX rocket to deliver more food and supplies to the ISS, including extra clothes for the two astronauts.''

 

 

[chelle7272]

An international crew of seven people 

https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/space-station-facts-and-figures/#:~:text=An%20international%20crew%20of%20seven,through%2016%20sunrises%20and%20sunsets.

[pastafreak]

Thanks chelle...I forget the spacestation is even up there...let alone that it's manned. 

[jno]

if Sandra Bullock can do it, they should be able to. Of course she had help from Geroge Clooney, even after he was dead.