Originally Posted by
jimgriff
Out of interest, now that the ISS has two 'extra mouths to feed' so to speak- how much food reserves are carried for such contingencies? What about such mundane things as spare clothes? Toothbrushes? I guess it could be quite a list that two more crew than is planned for could generate?
There have been two uncrewed supply missions in August alone (one Cygnus and one Progress capsule) so I would guess that they packed enough spare socks on these to cater for the needs of "Suni" and "Butch" as well... BTW: For us Europeans, at least for me, it is still totally unusual, that highly respected people like these astronauts are are generally referred to on first name basis. Would the media talk about the president and his vice president as "Joe and Kamala"? Certainly not. Or were Armstrong and Aldrin ever called "Neil and Buzz" while they were on their moon mission? Not that I can remember.