[snopercod]

Discovery is scheduled to fly to the international space station and drop off badly needed supplies and replacement parts.

That's ignorant-media-speak for the momentum wheels (gyroscopes), which are too heavy for the Progress to carry. If the station loses just one more, it will have to be abandoned.

[RadioAstronomer]

That's ignorant-media-speak for the momentum wheels (gyroscopes), which are too heavy for the Progress to carry. If the station loses just one more, it will have to be abandoned.

Indeed. If the station is abandoned and starts to tumble, would we be able to dock safaly in the future?