Thanks go to Eden and James for pointing out that we merely tied the record for the most people in space last week.

It seems we did the same thing (with a fully-loaded Shuttle, Mir, and Soyuz capsule) in 1995, and again in 1997. I guess this time it's just ho-hum. It's interesting to note (if you're an anal trivia freak) that the Endeavour was involved in each of these events.

Maybe once we get the habitat module up in the ISS we'll be able to up the number, as 7 and 3 are the max for Shuttle and Soyuz transport ships respectively. Then again, since the Soyuz ships are the escape ships for the ISS, I wonder how they'll manage with a crew greater than 3. The X-38 project was supposed to fit that bill, but it's been scrapped...

Oh, unless NASA sends up two Shuttles at the same time... But as anyone in Houston (or anyone who watched Armegeddon) could tell you, if NASA had to try to keep two Shuttles running at the same time, it's collective head would explode.