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... are hazards in going to space. But solid training and anticipation of what can go wrong can help prevent problems from occurring. ---- Answer provided by Dennis Tito Image:K2S logosmall.jpg ...

At any time, things can go wrong, whether in space or at home. NASA has employed thousands of scientists, engineers, medical doctors ...

If something going wrong is defined as some unexpected event occurring, there is always that chance. Minor occurrences happen ...

If something malfunctions, launch can be called off with less than three seconds to go, but it's all done automatically after T minus 31 seconds. ---- Answer provided by Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.) William G. Gregory Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' ...

It's possible. Space travel is dangerous and not all routine yet. Because of the hostile environment—no air, extreme temperatures, long distances—any one of a number of failures could cause death. But these are combated and risks are reduced to an acceptable level through careful planning and analysis, vigorous discipline in design and manufacturing, testing at all levels of assembly, ...

We have departments that determine the right technology necessary for the current mission. We usually are not that far from the right technology. It is either stowed aboard the vehicles or transported to the vehicle, as in the case of the ISS. It is important to emphasize that there is no technology that can remove all the risk from spaceflight, or even remove it from just living day to day. But ...

Their first priority will probably be to get you to the nearest safe haven away from whatever adverse situation is looming. That may be the Earth, the nearest planet, the Moon or the ISS. They will definitely anticipate having to evacuate and get you to the nearest and safest place with enough provisions to provide for a stay of extended duration. Then they will return you to the Earth if that is ...

... made “per the drawing” . But if I make something wrong, I didn't machine it right, the thickness is wrong or the materials are wrong, or something like that, well, it's not ... bleeding the situation, because the way the contractors are set up, it's wrong. But it was equally wrong for the government to contract the way they did. It's cost-plus ... no idea how they're contracting right now, but that's the thing that's wrong, fundamentally wrong. In fact, I remember doing some flights with—I'm going to go off ...

... switch until at least one other person has verified that what you think is wrong, is really wrong. There is nothing we can do right away, no matter how bad you think ... through hundreds of hours of simulation of everything that can go wrong. One of the many things that can go wrong on the launch pad before you launch is a fire, a ... be. And everybody kept asking, “Okay, what was that phone call? Anything wrong?” I said, “No, no, no. Nothing wrong.” Went out and flew my flight; came back went home. Told Jackie ...

... in, the pilot came down with a big long list of complaints, this went wrong, that went wrong, and you went out on the flight line then and tried to find where ... —very frequently the problem would be human error, you know, something wrong with what they were doing rather than something wrong with the hardware. In flight tests, that was particularly critical. You ... just kept failing thrusters and failing thrusters and failing thrusters. Kranz said, "Carlton, what's wrong with you?" Laughter There was nothing I could do. I said, "As long as they ...

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