A Russian cargo ship was launched successfully to the International Space Station on Sunday, clearing the way for the next manned mission and easing concerns about the station's future after a previous failed launch.
The unmanned Progress M-13M blasted off as scheduled at 2:11 p.m. Moscow time from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.A launch failure in August, which was blamed on an "accidental" manufacturing flaw, cast doubts about future missions to the station, because the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket carrying the cargo ship to orbit is similar to that used to launch astronauts.The next Soyuz launches were delayed pending the outcome of the probe. NASA said the space station continuously manned for nearly 11 years will need to be abandoned temporarily if a new crew cannot be launched by mid-November.
The August crash was the latest in a string of spectacular launch failures that have raised concerns about the condition of the nation's space industries. The Russian space agency said it will establish its own quality inspection teams at rocket factories to tighten oversight over production quality.
1. What would you do to prevent future fails?
2. Do you think NASA would have made the right decision if they abandon the space station?
1. Well, like them I would make inspections on the quality of the materials, but also do tests to make sure that they are really durable and secure.
ReplyDelete2. Not really, because they would abandon a perfectly working station, only in need of men.
1: triple check the whole cargo ship or probe before launching it, making sure its flawless. People could have been seriously unjured or died, and its good no one was hurt.
ReplyDelete2: No. There is so much more to life than earth, and obtaining more information daily of space and the world beyond ours is essential if we want to learn about the unknown.
1-I think that they should do test to make sure that it is secure.
ReplyDelete2-No because they would have let down all they accomplished and we could not learn new stuff about what is away from Earth.
1.put double of the price for the inspection of the rocket
ReplyDelete2.they should not close the station because its working and it's only helping us
1. I think that they should check the ship more often to prevent future failure.
ReplyDelete2. No, they should not abandon the station because it will prevent us from learning more about earth and the solar system.
1. I think they could invest in safety procedures more so it would be safer for people to go into space or just launch.
ReplyDelete2.No if they abandon space missions we will never learn anything more about our solar system and the universe and humans are naturally curious, could we ever abandon space missions, even if we tried?
1. I would check my space craft twice or maybe even three times just to make sure that the spaceship will be alright.
ReplyDelete2. It wouldn't be a good thing because that would show that the gave up easily and I think that they were having problems with the spaceship, not the space station.
1- I think that they should make like test or inspection to verify if its secure.
ReplyDelete2-NO, because they would let down all their knowledge they had acquired and still there is a lot to learn and to help us in a future.
1- They should be making sure that the equipment is in perfect condition to be used successfuly.
ReplyDelete2- No, they should keep doing explorations to learn more about earth.
1.I would put the best inspectors and make them inspect for about two days because in a rocket ship that costs millions maybe billions can also be very deadly and if were trying to save the station and a rocket ship that was supposed to save it failed, they wouldn't be able to save it because there is no time and it would cost way to much.
ReplyDelete2.Yes as Ben said because peoples lives are more important.