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The risks and accidents of space travel
Tensae Demissie
Risks associated with space travel
Dangerous radiation particles are abundant beyond earth orbit
Risks associated with space travel
Zero to reduced gravity causes bone and muscle loss
Risks associated with space travel
Long term space travels can lead to psychosocial pressure
Boredom Isolation
Fatal accidents in space missions
As of 2007, in-flight accidents have claimed 19 astronauts
Training accidents have killed 11 astronauts
Launch pad accidents have killed 71 ground personnel
Apollo 1
Command module was destroyed by fire during a test and training exercise on Jan 27, 1967
Three crew members died
Gus Grisson, Edward White and Roger Chaffee
Soyuz 1
Russian manned spaceflight
Soyoz spacecraft carrying Vladmir Konarov crashed during its return to earth
First in-flight fatality in the history of spaceflight
X-15 Flight 191
X-15 was an experimental air craft
It broke apart minutes after launch due to technical difficulties killing Michael J. Adams
Soyuz 11• Successful visit to the international space station•The crew capsule depressurized during re-entry•The three crew members died
Space shuttle challenger
NASA’s second space shuttle orbiter
It completed nine missions
During the tenth mission, it broke apart 73 seconds after launch resulting in the death of all seven crew members
Columbia•The first space shuttle orbiter•Flew 27 times•It was destroyed during re-entry killingall the seven crew members
Near fatalities
Apollo 13 The third mannedmission intended to land on the moon Lunar landing was Aborted due to mid-mission
technical difficulties The crew members along
with the command module
were successfully recovered
ON A LIGHTER NOTE• 5% have died on space flight•4.1% are NASA astronauts•0.9% are Russian cosmonauts
Is it worth the risk?
There will always be risks associated with manned space flight
The strength of the desire to explore space appears to heavily outweigh the cost of the risks