/sci/ - Science & Math

>>6112561
>>In space, one fuck and you're dead
The MIR space station had a fire hot enough to melt metal and send it flying about. The crew was able to get it under control and were able to continue the mission. That's a pretty big fuck, yet no one died.
http://www.universetoday.com/100229/fire-how-the-mir-incident-changed-space-station-safety/

>>it takes too much resources just to stay alive
the way we do space travel is fundamentally flawed, we carry everything we need up there including fuel for the trip back and throw most of it away when we get there.

We do this because we don't have any infrastructure up there. The more infrastructure we have in place, the less resources we need to send up.

>>6112594
>>Columbia
Space capsules are superior to space planes when it comes to safety. The Soyuz space capsule can, and has reentered upside down:
http://www.universetoday.com/13820/soyuz-capsule-hatch-nearly-failed-and-crews-lives-were-on-a-razors-edge/

>>6023699
>>You're mining an asteroid for fuel that you wouldn't need had you not stopped there in the first place.

sigh... It cost more in fuel to lift the fuel from Earth's gravity well.