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Tom
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posted 07-09-2006 09:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
In the limited time left that shuttle will be flying (2010) does anyone know if there are plans to launch the entire 3 person ISS crews (and return to Earth) as was done prior to Columbia?

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The plan is to fly two crew members on Soyuz and the third a few months later on the shuttle. This will continue the new process of overlapping the crews that will aid turnover. I wouln't expect launching 3 ISS crew on the shuttle until they get to the 6 person crew. Even then, I don't know what the strategy is for crew swaps. That should happen after 17A (STS-127).

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posted 07-09-2006 07:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks, Dwight.

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