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jeff findley wrote:
(bob haller) writes: Ahh its one thing to go somewhere on a long flight thats useful, like mars, thats justifable. Its altogether different to spend a year orbiting earth endlessely, away from family and friends, possibly causing long term health troubles, definetely damaging your hearing from the poorly designed too noisey station. ALL so russia can make a few bucks... NASA's first experience with long term (greater than one year) space flight ought not to be on the first mission to Mars. That is a recipe for failure. It would be far better to gain this experience in LEO, where evacuation to Earth is less than a day away, than on a trip to Mars where such an abort simply won't be possible. On the other hand, the Mars team will have signed on for that duration. If the astronauts picked for ISS didn't sign on for longer than 6 months, and there is genuine concern that a 1 year mission would have adverse effects on their health, then it seems reasonable to look for a crew that is prepared for that issue. A pertinent data point would be long term effects on those cosmonauts who have been on missions greater than 6 months (especially the 14 month mission). Has there been an increase in post flight problems such as permanently reduced bone density? I can see a younger astronaut saying, "I have too many years on earth after the mission to spend them all with brittle bones; I want to be healthy enough to raise a family." /dps |
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"Dave Fowler" Actually, I think there's a legal problem, too. Russian
law prohibits Russian spacecraft being commanded by non-Russians, IIRC. Uh probably so. |
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"Revision" wrote: "Dave Fowler" Actually, I think there's a legal problem, too. Russian law prohibits Russian spacecraft being commanded by non-Russians, IIRC. Uh probably so. Hmmm, so with Foale being born in England, and Kalieri in one of the Baltic states, which one's the Russian? :-) There is another solution of course. "Hello, we'd like to buy a Soyuz. Please train this person to be its commander and this one as the flight engineer. Here's some money." Not a Russian craft then... Anthony -- | Weather prediction will never be accurate until we | | kill all the butterflies | |
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I can see the manager in charge of the astronauts saying, "fine, security will escort you while you clean out your desk and turn in your badge". If you aren't willing to do the job, don't join the Corps. D. Oh that would look AWESOME on the evening news Today NASA fired 23 astronauts (video clip of astronauts carrying out boxes of stuff from their desks looking unhappy) When interviewed there representive said one year stays would lead to all sorts of permanent health troubles including permanent hearing loss. O Keefe has been called to congress for hearings on the agency and the future if any of manned space. YEAH GREAT JUST FORCE THE ASTRONAUTS TO DO ONE YEAR MIISSIONS! : : : My opinion is right |
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Damn straight! There are far, far too many applicants that NASA turns away each time it recruits a new class to use this as an excuse not to fly. The answer is simple, get rid of anyone not willing to take the assignements that will be coming and replace them with candidates who will! Jeff Look astronauts are intelligent people, accepting risk with reward. Like flying on a shuttle/ I doubt many would accept flying the saturn 5 at JSC even it were refurbished, as it would be too risky. Sure you can get a volunteer to do anything, no doubt someone would volunteer to be the first guy executed on a live tv broadcast with enough money for his family/ but thats not what a astronaut would do. : : : My opinion is right |
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