The Soyuz on orbit is probably "safe" to return to Earth until December or January. Some questions: Maybe they could extend that? Could the Soyuz be certified for HSF in just three months? How long could NASA and Russia fly the station without crew?
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What’s the potential of a reconfigured rescue pod Dragon cargo capsule being able to take on an astronaut in a suit and bring him back to earth? Probably far fetched.
One of the bigger issues with this would be unberthing -- a manual operation -- as opposed to Soyuz undocking which is autonomous.
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That’s what I was wondering about. You’d need someone on the station to assist. Isn’t this kind of scenario like what like 5 different movies have covered?
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Not sure about movies but it's definitely a common question. It's just technically impossible to unberth from inside cargo crafts.
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