Could an astronaut be lifted from Earth to the ISS in an EVA suit on a resupply mission not intended to transport humans?

There is an emergency on board the ISS. Astronauts can´t evacuate and they will die within five days if critical repairs are not made.

Fortunately an automated cargo spacecraft, like Cygnuss or Progress, was prepared prior to this accident and its release was scheduled in just 24 hours. A team of technicians will proceed urgently to load the cargo with tools and spare parts needed for repair.

But there is concern about whether repairs are possible if they are not made by specialized technician. The best and most specialized technician in the world, a retired astronaut who is in perfect health, flies to Tyuratam, or Guayana, or Florida, asking to be allowed to fly within the freighter equipped with an EVA suit with enough oxygen and energy to survive until rendezvous with the ISS.

Does he have chance to survive or this plan is simply suicidal?

posted about 8 years ago

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