[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Re-supply Spacecraft Fails

[(kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez]

At least there were no humans harmed.

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On Aug 24, 2011, at 3:48 PM, "Trevor ." <m5aka at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> --- On Wed, 24/8/11, Alexander Sack <pisymbol at gmail.com> wrote:
>> With that said, I am very curious on what is NASA's contingency plan 
>> if our Russian friends for whatever reason can't or won't deliver
>> fulfill their promise?
> 
> Evacuate, courtesy of the Russian Federation's Soyuz craft. Fortunately I gather they've got a years supply of food up there. Not too sure about clothes though as one major problem still to be cracked is how to wash clothes in space.
> 
> The Progress failure is a reminder that everything to do with space is hazardous. Launch success is never guaranteed. 
> 
> 73 Trevor M5AKA
> 
> 
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