Re: Soyuzes
That's fine if it can work safely. They might want to train a few extra astronauts on how to operate a Soyuz in case the designated pilots and copilots are too injured to fly it to Earth in an emergency situation.
Who's going to pay for launching a Soyuz every six months?
I don't read the space BBS you posted, so I'm not up on the discussion.
6 astronauts working on ISS at once sure would be nice and it's a goal that should be pursued. Otherwise we might have to conceed to Phils outlook.
SteveS