[GonzoGOP]

"Wonder how long they can stay on the space station"

Oddly enough if they can get all three solar panels up and working they could stay there almost forever, at least so long as they can keep sending progress cargo ships up with food and CO2 scrubbers. In theory we could just let the shuttle up there and bring the crew down 2 at a time aboard that paragon of 1950s technology Soyuz. Of course it's going to be short of food, water and living space until they can get the supply problem straightened out. Think Apollo 13 but without the quick return.

[b4its2late]

Thanks for the info. FYI - The only launch I have witnessed on site so far in my life was Apollo 13. The Saturn V shook the ground and I was quite a distance away, waited all day for it. What a show and I was a youngster but remember it like it was yesterday.