Spaceflight 🚀Feb 17, 2023

#Politico 📆 11/02/2022 #SpaceRescue : Don’t count on being #rescued — by #NASA or the #SpaceForce, or even the company that built your private #spaceship.
#Seafaring ⛵ explorers traditionally sailed with #additional #ships, #Apollo missions included #redundant capsules that proved crucial in #saving the #Apollo13 astronauts. #Skylab had #rescue #rockets and #spacecraft on #standby for in-#orbit #emergencies
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/02/space-rescue-service-astronauts-00064633

#SpaceRescueService #redundancy #Soyuz #ISS #international #cooperation

Picture : The #SpaceForce #rescue team 😜. Based on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stephen_Colbert_and_Steve_Carell_MFF_2014.jpg For those who didn't get the joke : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Force_(TV_series)#Premise

#HumanSpaceflightSecurity #stevecarell

A Space Rescue Service? Calls grow to create a quick response force for astronauts in distress.

As more people head into orbit, time is running out to establish a group to help space travelers who run into trouble.

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