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... something going wrong is defined as some unexpected event occurring, there is always that chance. Minor occurrences happen all the time and are referred to as anomalies. These are investigated to determine the cause and to determine whether or not they will lead to the occurrence of a major ...
... are hazards in going to space. But solid training and anticipation of what can go wrong can help prevent problems from occurring.
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Answer provided by Dennis Tito
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Well, once again, based on our experience since the NASA Shuttle started flying in 1981, of one explosion in 115 flights, the odds of blowing up are one in 115.
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Answer provided by Jon H. Brown
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... , if they exist, are outside our definitions of space. Look at the middle of a piece of paper. How far is it from one side of the paper to the other? The sides of the paper are the thickness of the paper apart, but you would have to travel about eight inches to get to the edge of the paper and around to the other side ...
... reduce the chance of dying during spaceflight, it is important to be well-trained with lots of practice of skills and testing of technologies. Risk in spaceflight depends on such things as the length of the trip, the spacecraft, the mission, and the crew. For the Space Shuttle, experts disagree on the chances for dying on a typical ...
... the study or prediction of future developments based on existing conditions. The futuristics of space are ideas and predictions of what we may be able to do in space in the future, based on the technology and science that we know today. One example is the possibility of people traveling to other planets in our solar system. It is not possible to make such a trip ...
... by going into orbit around it according to the force of gravity exerted by the black hole. Only if you came closer than a certain well-defined distance would the force of gravity deviate from what would be predicted by a simple application of ...
... space since we live on a planet, and the chances of getting hit by anything while in space are no worse than the chances that we'll get hit by anything here on Earth.
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Answer provided by Alan Hale, Ph.D. & Capt. USN (Ret.) William Readdy
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... of a second on Earth is no longer based on day or night, but on the ticking of an atomic clock. An atomic clock ticks when atoms of the element cesium vibrate back and forth. Since atom vibrations are very fast and always the same ...
There are different definitions of flight failure. There is mission failure, launch abort, and some failures of equipment on the spacecraft. It depends upon which type of failure is intended. Again, if failure is considered an unexpected occurrence, then those happen all the time without necessarily leading ...
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