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Title: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth
Post by: SciNews on 09/15/2020 12:50 pm

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.

Title: Re: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth
Post by: dandy_don on 09/17/2020 12:33 pm

Great article SciNews.  Thanks for posting.

Title: Re: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth
Post by: kevinof on 09/17/2020 12:51 pm

What a great read!  Liked it.

Title: Re: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth
Post by: Pete 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. ;)

Title: Re: How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth
Post by: SciNews 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