Soviet newspapers report that each shuttle could carry 6 to 10 people.
That left six potential survivors, which the shuttle could carry easily.
The shuttle certainly didn't carry extra supplies of that nature.
But the shuttle had carried only one man and an all-but-naked woman.
The shuttles do not carry enough fuel to reach the space station in case of trouble.
The shuttle would normally carry four and be capable of firing two at a time.
From 1961 to 1963, Eastern's shuttles carried 2.6 million passengers.
First, shuttles had to work much harder to get there and could carry less cargo.
But the shuttle also will carry some of the spice hunters from the old regime.
The shuttle could carry thirty to forty, depending on equipment.