Astronauts Wear Diapers for More Than One Reason
Ok, so the ISS crew is sitting in the Soyuz escape vehicle last week because of this shit that passed less than two miles away from the station. Now they are dodging another piece that could pass as close as 2,600 feet?!?!?
I know these people are the best of the best and laugh at danger but with 10 minutes of time to get off the station, I would be shitting my pants. It’s nice to see that NASA said they don’t think they are going to need to move the station but JESUS.
Following last week’s close call with a piece of space debris coming near the International Space Station, NASA is keeping an eye on another piece of debris which could come even closer to the station. Current estimates say the debris will approach the ISS early Tuesday morning, at about 3:14 a.m. EDT (0714 GMT) at a distance of only 2,600 feet (793 meters).
More Debris on Possible Collision Course with ISS | Universe Today
What freaked me out (the same person that cried over Challenger and Columbia…to this day) is the HOLE in one of the Space Shuttle windows! Pictured here:
I would definitely recommend reading the entire article on the Universe Today because of interesting statistics like this one:
ISS has had to perform 8 collision avoidance maneuvers in the past 10 years and there have been 1,951 debris impacts to the space shuttle through 2006!
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