On Jan 10, 1:12*pm, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article ,
says...



"bob haller" *wrote in message
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and no doubt one for the loss of ISS and its crew

Actually very doubtful they have one prepared for that any more than the
President (or other top official) has one prepared for an ongoing operation
that isn't extremely visible to the public.

Agreed. *Despite Bob's "gut", the risk to astronauts actually on ISS is
far less than the risk to Armstrong and Aldrin in the LEM during Apollo
11. *In fact, I'd say that history has shown that launch and reentry of
the ferry vehicle to and from ISS (shuttle, Soyuz, and etc.) is far more
hazardous than being on ISS itself.

Of course the aircraft analog of this is that very few people have died
while flying in aircraft. *They mostly die when the plane crashes into
the ground. *Yes, I know it's sick, but there is more than a bit of
truth to it.

That's why if you actually read the memo in the article, "In event of
Moon Disaster", you'll see that what they were really covering were the
possibilities that the astronauts would crash on landing, become
stranded on the surface, or crash trying to take off and rendezvous with
the CSM. *In all those cases, their remains would "stay on the moon to
rest in peace". *The boilerplate speech really didn't cover the
possibility that they might all die in the CSM.

Jeff
--
" Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it
* up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. "
* *- tinker

a bit of errant debris ttoo small to track could at any time take out
ISS, or any number of technical issues.

jeffs statement is like saying with authority shuttle re entry is safe
because we have never lost a orbiter...