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  • #16
    I’m going to challenge the notion that there isn't enough fuel to get back.

    My strategy would be to burn enough fuel to stop my outward (from the sun) trajectory, then crawl into the sleep chambers for a long winter’s nap.

    The best chance is rescue, and the shorter the distance between me and SAR is, the better my chances. It might take 10 years, but if I’m in cold sleep (assumption, assumption), I’ll live.
    Trust me?
    I'm an economist!

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Tamara View Post
      Yes and when the crew of Apollo 7 did that, the two astronauts who were not retiring never flew again for NASA. Decisions can have consequences.

      Difficult to say whether or not there would be no Soviets or Americans, because, among other things, when one is taught their entire life to think a way that is not quite reality, at least from the American point of view, that is kind of hard to break.

      As far as throwing out the civilized rules, that may not happen. Remember Captain Bligh and the long boat or Eddie Rickenbacker in WWII.

      Now, this TV you speak of......that's a form of entertainment?


      "Now, this TV you speak of......that's a form of entertainment?" To some. An enslavement devise to others.

      Anyone can be magnanimous when they are minutes away from being back to their comfort zone. The psychological aspect of being millions of miles from home brings out the "Lord of the Flies" in us rather quickly. Unless you are stewed in politics and in the CIA or KGB you are on the ship for research purposes. Scientists are cut from a different cloth than the spy types and they don't care much for politics as they know politics gets in the way of their research.
      Removing a single turd from the cesspool doesn't make any difference.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by DOR View Post
        I’m going to challenge the notion that there isn't enough fuel to get back.

        My strategy would be to burn enough fuel to stop my outward (from the sun) trajectory, then crawl into the sleep chambers for a long winter’s nap.

        The best chance is rescue, and the shorter the distance between me and SAR is, the better my chances. It might take 10 years, but if I’m in cold sleep (assumption, assumption), I’ll live.
        That would be the first challenge…to change direction and have enough velocity to get close enough to earth for a SAR in a "reasonable amount of time". The second might be to be able to get that nap without someone else ending your life because you are still breathing too much of their oxygen.
        Removing a single turd from the cesspool doesn't make any difference.

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