Next ISS Crew Incompatible

RobertB-DC writes "The International Space Station's replacement crew is being pulled for the B-Team. While the Reuters story quotes officials talking about "certain considerations", a Moscow Times article lays it on the line: '"Incompatible" ISS Crew Ditched' due to 'a psychological incompatibility.' The Russian-American team had already been shaken up once, when the original American member dropped out due to illness. Now, they're being replaced with a whole new pair."

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Re:Two-Person Crews are a Problem

[babbage]

The US federal government has three branches, which I suppose fits with what I said, but I meant leadership by three individuals.

Three groups isn't so bad necessarily -- tripods can be nice & stable, and from a certain point of view, the US government is just shaped like a big tripod. (OTOH, having all three legs run by one party isn't such a hot idea, but that's a different matter...)