Author Topic: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth  (Read 11215 times)

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WIRED: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth adapted from How to Astronaut: An Insider’s Guide to Leaving Planet Earth, by Terry Virts
https://www.wired.com/story/how-leave-space-safely-crash-back-down-earth/
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Many countries have launched rockets, but only a handful have successfully brought people back home from space, and there’s a reason for that. Reentry is hard.

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Re: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth
« Reply #1 on: 09/17/2020 12:33 pm »
Great article SciNews.  Thanks for posting.

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Re: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth
« Reply #2 on: 09/17/2020 12:51 pm »
What a great read!  Liked it.

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Re: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth
« Reply #3 on: 09/19/2020 08:45 am »
Reentry is hard? Well , ok. SAFE , *reliable*, comfortable reentry is hard.

But if you are budget-strapped, just get yourself a moose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOOSE

It might even work. ;)

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Re: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth
« Reply #4 on: 09/27/2020 09:01 am »
Another excerpt from How to Astronaut: An Insider’s Guide to Leaving Planet Earth by Terry Virts
Engadget - Hitting the Books: The invisible threat that every ISS astronaut fears
https://www.engadget.com/hitting-the-books-how-to-astronaut-terry-virts-workman-153021872.html

 

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