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In the context of Gravity this omission kind of makes sense, but the article ignores the ability of your ship to pick you up. The RCS of orbiting ships is extr
by peeters 5y ago
In the context of Gravity this omission kind of makes sense, but the article ignores the ability of your ship to pick you up. The RCS of orbiting ships is extremely precise. As long as they know your relative velocity they'd be able to manuever back to you.
> At the moment, there’s no spacecraft to pick you up. The only one with a rescue-ready air-locked compartment—the Space Shuttle—is in retirement.
Then how'd you get into space in the first place in this hypothetical?
- mschuster91 5y ago> Then how'd you get into space in the first place in this hypothetical? Outside ISS mission going bonkers - a tank rupturing leading to an unfortunate astronaut getting catapulted off, for example.
- peeters 5y agoYeah I can definitely think of catastrophic scenarios where a ship couldn't help you, it's just the article makes it sound like an impossibility. > However, if the pack’s three pounds of fuel runs out, if another astronaut doesn’t quickly grab you, or if the air lock is irreparably damaged, you’re in big trouble. No protocols can save you now. Perhaps the author meant and there. If SAFER stabilizes you but you don't have enough fuel to get back to the ship, the ship could possibly still get back to you.