How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth

• How to Leave Space and (Safely) Crash Back Down to Earth by SciNews on 15 Sep, 2020 12:50
• 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.
• #1 by dandy_don on 17 Sep, 2020 12:33
• Great article SciNews.  Thanks for posting.
• #2 by kevinof on 17 Sep, 2020 12:51
• What a great read!  Liked it.
• #3 by Pete on 19 Sep, 2020 08:45
• 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.
• #4 by SciNews on 27 Sep, 2020 09:01
• 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