Timeline for Could a micrometeorite bombardment in an IMIS craft result in reactor rupture leading to the crew becoming stranded?
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| May 12, 2016 at 9:15 | comment | added | user | @FutureHistorian Apollo 13 had multiple problems that directly affected the crew's survival chances, including loss of oxygen, water (both for drinking and equipment cooling), electricity (fuel cells) and the SPS engine (which was in unknown condition until SM jettison, at which point it would have done them no good even if it had been in usable condition). On any reasonable mission, the Earth-Mars part would be largely coasting, so you don't need the engine as such. As long as you only lost one of your engine stages (MCS but not MDS, say), it might not even be more than a nuisance. | |
| Apr 10, 2016 at 15:34 | comment | added | Future Historian | In other words: it would not be a national tragedy but rather another Apollo 13? | |
| Apr 10, 2016 at 10:39 | history | answered | Hobbes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |