Re: Hypothetical shuttle rescue...

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:24:04 -0500, Mike P wrote
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thats pretty inventive and entertaining, but what about this...say they
didnt have the recombant seat idea yet. Line the mideck with tempurpedic
mattresses, invented by NASA anyways. Could they just float around the
mid-deck until gravity slowly drops them onto their memory foam
mattresses? What are the g-forces coming back anyway? 1.5-2? I'd bet it
work.



No one seems to have mentioned the one major flaw in any shuttle rescue
mission.

What happens if the rescuing shuttle is also damaged on lift off?

You must've not been around here after the Columbia disaster because it
was talked about a lot. See also the CAIB report.

Mike p





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