tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post2025351178376256359..comments2024-03-24T17:06:47.135-04:00Comments on Story Bones: Linkee-poo is what it is until it ain't anymoreSteve Buchheithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-75892749091130264082013-05-16T10:00:15.378-04:002013-05-16T10:00:15.378-04:00Exactly. They had around six-to-seven man months ...Exactly. They had around six-to-seven <i>man months</i> of air and water, so if the crew was stranded, one crewmember could probably stretch things out if he quickly disposed of his companions.<br /><br />Now they <i>did</i> have an evacuation module, so I guess they could've tried dumping the station and returning to Earth. But that would have been a splashdown landing depending on Mission Control for reentry guidance and the US Navy for recovery.<br /><br />Makes you wonder what might have happened if they'd been up there while we had one of those accidental global thermonuclear wars we kept almost getting into during the Cold War era. Hey! A storybone if you ever had a hankering to write an alt-history <i>Twilight Zone</i> episode! Will the plucky crew resort to paranoia and homicide in an ultimately futile attempt to stretch out diminishing resources, or will they make the probably-suicidal attempt to plot their own reentry and hope they can not only miss the third of the planet that's hard and bumpy but also that prevailing currents will wash them up on some un-irradiated tropical paradise where there's plenty of air and maybe even something to eat?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-86609530177053706702013-05-15T14:28:11.243-04:002013-05-15T14:28:11.243-04:00Eric, I'm sure you remember that with Skylab, ...Eric, I'm sure you remember that with Skylab, we didn't have the same procedures for replenishment like we do with the ISS. In fact, the only replenishment was when a crew arrived. At any time the crew could have boarded their re-entry vehicle and come back down. If anybody was there to retrieve them is another question. Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19111384.post-86454680165830167442013-05-15T14:16:52.951-04:002013-05-15T14:16:52.951-04:00I just gotta say: seems to me that staging a gener...I just gotta say: seems to me that staging a general strike against the people who provide you with food, water and <i>air</i>, not to mention your ride home, might not be the best-thought-out protest in history. Not saying I don't sympathize with the astronauts facing a completely unrealistic work schedule that was probably the result of really poor planning at Ground Control. I'm just saying that you <i>know</i> someone at Kennedy Space Center wanted to radio back, "Tellyawhat, why don't you guys take the next <i>nine months</i> off and we'll send someone up to flush out the mess. Leave a note letting us know how Commander Carr tastes if you don't suffocate before you turn to cannibalism--Bob over here has what you might call a morbid curiosity."Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.com