Questions tagged [rescue-missions]
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How quickly could a space agency get to the ISS in case of an emergency?
Here's the situation: The ISS suffered from some kind of catastrophic failure. The crew is unharmed, but the nature of the failure includes:
The destruction of any present vehicles capable of ...
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How easy would opening an Apollo capsule following dry landing be?
To help frame the problem, I have written the following scenario:
It's December 19, 1972 and the Apollo 17 has returned to Earth, but something went wrong and they landed in the middle of the Outback....
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What country or flight team would be the most likely to rescue me from space?
The Situation: I have lost all functionality of my spaceship. I cannot thrust forward backwards, whatever....It is basically a floating metal container. I have power, communication abilities, I have ...
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Is there enough man-made junk on the moon to help a stranded person get home?
I was looking at pictures of land rovers left on the moon (footage and what not). Then I visited this wiki page to see what derelict equipment is on the moon (just sitting around).
Which then ...
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Could the solid boosters of SLS be paired together to a rescue launcher?
The solid boosters of Shuttle/SLS fly in pairs. Could a pair of them fly without SLS, carrying a smaller second stage and payload to orbit? What capacity would it have?
A rescue launcher needs to ...
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