Astronauts In Search Of A Landing

[toobfreak]

The "empty ship" is not empty. Two members of the ISS are a new crew sent up in a 2-man crew so they would have empty seats for them all to return when that 2-man crew is returned home.

I already said that. These two are waiting for empty seats for a ride home. Get it?

 

[toobfreak]

We never got around to building what? The shuttle or the space station? The shuttle built the space station!

We built the shuttle in advance for a space station we didn't yet have. By the time we built the ISS, the Space Shuttle was no longer in service.
Now we have had the ISS for years but have not had our own means to get there until thankfully, by SpaceX. Boeing, forget it. Get it?