In article 78cec1b9-30d8-4047-9cf4-9716cca27264
@j2g2000yqj.googlegroups.com, says...

On Jan 30, 2:07*pm, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article 1875dba3-991c-4996-b6c7-868e881bfa78
@h2g2000yqa.googlegroups.com, says...
you know if manned flight continues, espiclly if mars becomes a
destination bad days can occur

A "bad day" can occur driving to work. *Do you have any idea how many
people in this world are killed by traffic accidents every single day?

and look how long challeger debris recovery continued with emphasis on
the crew compartment...

True, but that is standard operating procedure in the case of any
accident. *For a disabled or damaged craft on the moon (or pretty much
anywhere beyond LEO), this isn't practical.

The best terrestrial example I can think of is Mt. Everest. *Sure, it
*might* be possible to recover the many bodies that litter that
mountain, but for the ones at the highest altitudes (i.e. in the "death
zone", where you're going to die if you don't summit and leave quickly),
it's just not practical. *So the bodies still remain on the mountain.

ok to make it clear you believe that if anyone dies in space its best
to not attempt recovery of their body?

Only if it's practical. If a lunar lander becomes stranded on the
surface of the moon and the crew dies, I'd say leave them there. Why
spend billions to bring back a corpse? What is the justification?

Declare the thing a memorial and don't touch it ever again. Let the
remains rest in peace.

the challenger bodies and crew compartment were in deep water off the
coast......

That's not the surface of the moon, which seemed to be your original
scenario.

but its ok to recover gus grissoms mercury capsule that sunk so long
ago in very deep water?

Gus Grissom didn't die, and the capsule was relatively easy and cheap to
recover once it was found. If that capsule had been on the moon, it
would still be there.

Jeff
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"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer