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Topic: The scariest thing that could happen in space
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TRS
Member Posts: 721
From: Wellington, New Zealand
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 09-07-2013 10:54 PM
   
Don't ask me why, but on of the online media outlets in New Zealand is asking readers to vote on the scariest thing that could happen to you in space... some of the answers may surprise you! |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 09-07-2013 11:23 PM
Well, my first objection would be to sharing a "ride" on Soyuz/ISS with a paying Kardashian.Something else would be the "Kessler Effect," which I understand is key to the premise of the new movie "Gravity." |
Grounded!
Member Posts: 367
From: Bennington, Vermont, USA
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted 09-08-2013 07:52 AM
Spaghettification comes to mind. I hate that when that happens. |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 09-08-2013 09:14 AM
Excess citrus beverages? |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-08-2013 10:26 AM
Almost all suggested answers by the poll inevitably lead to death. Is death scary?But I'll answer: Travelling there in the first place. |
dabolton
Member Posts: 419
From: Seneca, IL, US
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted 09-08-2013 01:49 PM
Being told it was time to come home. Finding a guest passenger inquiring about how to open the hatch. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 09-08-2013 02:06 PM
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Originally posted by dabolton:
Finding a guest passenger inquiring about how to open the hatch.
Are you referencing Mike Mullane's memoir? According to him, that was a real issue with one of the early shuttle payload specialist "passengers." |
dabolton
Member Posts: 419
From: Seneca, IL, US
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted 09-08-2013 02:32 PM
Yes. Quite a scary REAL moment that happened.
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bwhite1976
Member Posts: 281
From: Belleville, IL
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 09-08-2013 03:05 PM
Finally getting my Apollo flight to the moon, and halfway there a kid stowaway pops out of one of the access panels and screws up the weight of my spacecraft. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 09-08-2013 05:42 PM
I think the scariest thing that could happen would be something so far away that would kill you very slowly but no way to fix it. Like being stranded on the lunar surface with no hope of ever getting out of there, or bouncing off the atmosphere on re-entry into deep space. You'd know not only you weren't going to get home, but that your family would forever wonder where your body was.THEN you'd have to decide on if you were going to go with as long as the O2 lasts, or do what Jim Lovell said in his book, how he suggested that if they weren't getting back they probably pop the hatch and go out as fast as they could. But even then, dying in open space isn't likely quick as it's shown in fiction, either. For that matter, being on STS-107, on the flight deck, and if you knew in advance what was coming. Man, I can't think of much worse than that. quote:
Originally posted by GoesTo11:
According to him, that was a real issue with one of the early shuttle payload specialist "passengers."
Could someone e-mail me offline as to who this was? I have always wondered who he was referring to. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-08-2013 05:51 PM
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Originally posted by p51:
I have always wondered who he was referring to.
See: Who was this (upset) payload specialist? (as well as: STS-61B: The case of the locked shuttle hatch). |
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