Expedition 11 Crew Named

[SpaceKiwi]

http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html<br /><br />Perhaps I am being overly optimistic given the number of launch variables still in doubt, but I am a little disappointed ISS management didn't take a positive view and name a 3-person crew for Exp. 11.<br /><br />If everything goes to schedule, and there seems no immediate reason to think it won't with the RTF schedule seeming to have slipped to a point where most seem comfortable it is doable, the Shuttle will be up there fairly soon after crew change-over. You might think that ISS could support a 3-person crew for that brief period before resupply from Shuttle, and I'm sure they could use the extra set of hands up there both pre and post the RTF mission. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[najab]

IIRC, the program has taken the decision to assume for planning purposes that the Shuttle will not fly until after it has actually flown.

 

[natrium]

Cool, it will be the second ISS expedition mission for Krikalev. He will be the first person to occupy the ISS twice.

 

[erioladastra]

Well, since Phillips was on STS-100/6A and was on ISS for awhile, they both qualify technically! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[JonClarke]

Weren't there a whole bunch of extra posts here that disappeared???? Discussing how Krikalev will become the world's most experienced space traveller?<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

You're thinking of this very similar thread: Kirkalev gets his 6th flight (ISS Exp. 11) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

Doh!!!!!<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>