From Bob H:
On Dec 9, 5:14�pm, wrote:

I quite doubt that NASA has a contingency plan to sedate and
straightjacket crewmembers into their seat against their will. �So we
can conclude that all CDRs have the power to stop their mission from
launching.

If you walk past a bunch of icicles to ride the vader up to the
platform, walk the gantry and strap in, then YOU have taken
responsibility for your actions, regardless of whoever else may be
telling you that it's ok to launch.

If the mission previous to yours takes a massive foam strike that
dents and SRB skirt and you choose to strap in anyway, then you have
taken the known risk upon yourself.

And the personal accountability goes for every single crewmember as
well as the CDR.

yeah but if one decides not to fly, for even real reasons their nasa
career would be over.

military people espically are trained to suck it up and do the
mission.

I would like to think that a CDR who called a King's-X to scrub a
launch would be respected instead of cast aside.

But yes, it is definitely a bold call. And as stated before, the less
confrontational (albeit more cowardly) route would be to use the
Flight Surgeon as your way out.

What you are saying by calling No-Go is that you do not trust the
decision of the rest of your team. And if you don't have that trust,
then there are bigger problems. The bonus is that you have greatly
increased your chances of being alive when the dust settles.


~ CT