Space News thread

[harrybarracuda]

Just a thought (this was in the news last week - ISS moves to avoid space debris. )

Have they got an escape module handy in case it gets hit by a meteor shower? Or are they just taking their chances?

[Takeovers]

Just a thought (this was in the news last week - ISS moves to avoid space debris. )

Have they got an escape module handy in case it gets hit by a meteor shower? Or are they just taking their chances?

There is always enough seat capacity in capsules docked at the ISS. Meteor showers have their pieces wide spread. It is not that one would leave the ISS perforated. The ISS may become uninhabitable with a single hit but if there is a known risk the astronauts are always near or in their escape capsules. There have been plenty of small hits but in 20 years not a single hit that would endanger the ISS or made a lander capsule unusable.

[harrybarracuda]

There is always enough seat capacity in capsules docked at the ISS. Meteor showers have their pieces wide spread. It is not that one would leave the ISS perforated. The ISS may become uninhabitable with a single hit but if there is a known risk the astronauts are always near or in their escape capsules. There have been plenty of small hits but in 20 years not a single hit that would endanger the ISS or made a lander capsule unusable.

So are there permanently attached escape capsules or do they just have to be lucky?