Boeing Studies Keep ISS Humming
ST. LOUIS, April 24, 2003 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] engineers studied ways to maintain a safe and operable International Space Station (ISS), taking into account the delay of the unique cargo ferrying capabilities of the space shuttle.
The Boeing team's primary assessment effort focused on a smaller ISS crew size and assessed the consumables used by the station and its crew and the need for spare hardware. The ISS team is relying upon the Russian vehicles, Soyuz and Progress, as the only means of transporting cargo to the station until the shuttle returns to flight and/or the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle is available.
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