EMERGENCY ESCAPE

Every crew aims to complete their mission as planned, safely and efficiently. While hoping for the best, they are all certainly aware of the dangers and uncertainties of space flight and train hard for emergency, contingency, and alternative missions, should things go wrong. For any space flight, “things” could go wrong during training, on the launchpad, during the ascent to orbit, in the flight itself, during reentry, on landing, or during recovery. Such contingencies will also form part of the “commercial and tourist” space flights that are likely to begin in the next few years. Those who wish to pay for this experience will have to train for and be aware of such situations as part of their acceptance for the flight.