Say NASA found out halfway through STS 107 that the shuttle is too damaged to reenter Earth, how would they save the crew?
If NASA found out, halfway through the STS-107 mission, that the shuttle is damaged, what could it have done to save the crew?
If Apollo 13 had returned to Earth's orbit but was unable to re-enter safely, would NASA have been able to mount a rescue? What would the contingency plan be if they could not be rescued? If, during the Apollo missions, astronaut(s) became stranded on the surface; do you think we would have ever been able to recover the bodies later? What went wrong with the Columbia Space Shuttle? What exactly happened? What caused the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster? What would the crew do if an astronaut was disconnected from the tether while outside the ISS? NASA: What will happen if one day it's proved that the Apollo missions were a hoax? Why doesn't NASA build a spaceship and leave it docked in the ISS to be used for exploration missions? What's the secret behind the Columbia space shuttle disaster during its re-entry into earth's atmosphere? If an astronaut got separated from his spacecraft and began floating through space, to what extent would we try to save him or her? How far would NASA/the government go to save him or her? What is the likelihood of something like space debris damaging satellites or astronauts like shown in the movie Gravity? What safeguards does NASA provide? What would happen if Apollo 10 astronauts ignored ground control and actually landed on the Moon? What would happen if astronauts tried to walk on Mars without a space suit? If an astronaut in space took his helmet off for a second, what would happen? What would really happen to an astronaut who took off his helmet in space? What would happen if an astronaut took off his helmet in open space? And what if he would be able to put it back on after a minute or two? Was NASA planning on building more shuttles after 1985? Why was NASA not able to build reusable rockets like Falcon 9 of SpaceX? Is Kalpana Chawla's space shuttle crash was an accident or setup? Has NASA spoken out why the Apollo missions were cancelled? How did NASA scientists and astronomers view this decision? What mistakes by NASA were made before launching a satellite? What happens to the Space Shuttle's external tank after it disconnects? What if NASA fought the Galactic Empire? Why didn't NASA build more space shuttles of the same design? Do astronauts worry about their safety in space? Could a Space Shuttle fly to and around the moon and back? Why not? What would happen to an astronaut who took their helmet off in space for a few seconds? How did NASA get the Voyager spacecraft to interstellar space? What were the steps/stages taken? Did an alien spacecraft crash at Roswell? If we were going to build the shuttle today, taking into account modern computers and materials, what changes would we make? Could a space shuttle go to the moon?