"Do not leave the American sector."

[Copper]

The FAA has this concept called Time of Useful Consciousness

It is roughly how long a pilot can work at a given altitude without oxygen, up high, it is not long

I wonder if they have a similar concept that is used for emergency exit procedures on the ISS.

[George K]

Space is hard.

[89th]

Unfortunately one day there will be something like the Kessler Syndrome that’ll take out the ISS, perhaps caused by one of its own parts. Hope not…

[George K]

@89th said in "Do not leave the American sector.":

Kessler Syndrome

Link to video

I went to the theater to see this - in 3D.

It was a remarkable spectacle, of a dumb movie.

[Copper]

I don't think that astronauts are trained to panic and hyperventilate like that.

But the effects are nice.

[George K]

@Copper said in "Do not leave the American sector.":

Yeah, sort of my point. It was wonderful to watch, as long as you didn't want a believable plot.

[LuFins Dad]

So, um, who would they send up for a rescue?

[Copper]

@LuFins-Dad said in "Do not leave the American sector.":

So, um, who would they send up for a rescue?

I think it was after the Columbia disaster, NASA made a new rule that whenever a shuttle was in flight, there would be a backup rescue shuttle on the pad ready to go.

Of course the days of the shuttle are over. I watched this movie when it first came out, I forget what they did exactly, but I think there was a rescue.

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in "Do not leave the American sector.":

So, um, who would they send up for a rescue?

[LuFins Dad]

That’s what I was thinking, too.