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Brian Gaff

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Sep 8, 2011, 1:45:33 AM9/8/11
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I'm very surprised to not see someone come on here and say that if the
supply situation cannot be sorted in time, the iss will run out of fuel, and
with nobody on board it will be re entered thus saving everyone loads of
dosh.

Brian

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Alan Erskine

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Sep 8, 2011, 9:45:48 AM9/8/11
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On 8/09/2011 3:45 PM, Brian Gaff wrote:
> I'm very surprised to not see someone come on here and say that if the
> supply situation cannot be sorted in time, the iss will run out of fuel, and
> with nobody on board it will be re entered thus saving everyone loads of
> dosh.
>
> Brian
>

Read Bob Haller's posts.

Jeff Findley

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Sep 8, 2011, 9:55:26 AM9/8/11
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In article <j49kq0$mo2$1...@dont-email.me>, Bri...@blueyonder.co.uk
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> I'm very surprised to not see someone come on here and say that if the
> supply situation cannot be sorted in time, the iss will run out of fuel, and
> with nobody on board it will be re entered thus saving everyone loads of
> dosh.

ATV can dock with ISS, perform refueling, and perform reboosts (using
ATV engines). ISS is in no danger of "running out of fuel" anytime
soon.

Jeff
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JF Mezei

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Sep 8, 2011, 8:59:18 PM9/8/11
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Jeff Findley wrote:

> ATV can dock with ISS, perform refueling, and perform reboosts (using
> ATV engines). ISS is in no danger of "running out of fuel" anytime
> soon.

It is all about timing though. When is the next ATV scheduled to launch?

Can ATV perform all its duties from an unmanned ISS ? (for instance fuel
transfers) ?

And if ATV is to bring supplies it will have to stay attached to the
station until crews return to empty the supplies frm ATV before it
returns to earth.

Brian Gaff

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Sep 9, 2011, 3:55:43 AM9/9/11
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I've not seen any.

Brian

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Brian Thorn

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Sep 9, 2011, 11:11:33 AM9/9/11
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On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:59:18 -0400, JF Mezei
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>> ATV can dock with ISS, perform refueling, and perform reboosts (using
>> ATV engines). ISS is in no danger of "running out of fuel" anytime
>> soon.
>
>It is all about timing though. When is the next ATV scheduled to launch?

March 7, 2012.

Brian
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