Today, as NASA begins testing a pair of space taxis, operates an aging International Space Station and makes plans for its first deep space journeys since Apollo, spaceflight risk is still with the people. An astronaut nearly drowned inside a flooded space helmet in 2013, and two Soyuz crews survived harrowing reentries after pyrotechnic failures in their descent modules in 2007 and 2008. Space operations remain markedly intolerant of human complacency and hubris. Here, Jones talks about the risk of spaceflight.


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    Title :

    Flying after Challenger


    Contributors:
    Tom Jones (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2016



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    Local classification TIB:    770/7040
    BKL:    55.88 Luftverkehr, Raumfahrt / 55.88



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