Poll The worst goofs one can make in space and still stay alive

[Wishbone]

...in the Moon exploration era: calling POTUS "Tovarisch General'ny Sekretar'" during the phone call from the White House...

 

[SiberianTiger]

...in the Moon exploration era: calling POTUS "Tovarisch General'ny Sekretar'" during the phone call from the White House...

It's most probably a joke, but some say that Komarov upon Voskhod-1 landing told in official situation (instead of "I'm ready to perform any assignment of the Government!") "I'm ready to perform any Government's assignment!" :facepalm: :lol:

 

[TMac3000]

Completing my trans-Mercury burn, and then realizing I forgot my cargo

 

[Sky Captain]

Forgetting to load some important parts into shuttle when going on a Hubble repair mission.

 

[diogom]

Launching to the ISS, but launching West instead of East.

 

[Artlav]

Launching yourself from a work pod across space into an airlock. Without a space suit.

 

[Urwumpe]

Don't listening to the commander, when he shouts into the back of the flight deck: "if you don't stop bickering, we will stop right here and continue our mission without you."

 

[Wonderer]

Don't listening to the commander, when he shouts into the back of the flight deck: "if you don't stop bickering, we will stop right here and continue our mission without you."

The last Ummu who misbehaved walked the plank...on a reentry path to Jupiter.Now things are quiet again.

 

[Stevodoran]

Sitting in the Apollo CM, having to go to the bathroom, crank down the window and start looking for a gas station.

That would be a line from Apollo 13.

 

[Ark]

Explosive decompression is a myth. Nevermind the fact the suit could keep you alive by pumping more air in to replace the air moving out. The gas cloud would tip off Mr. Impatient that there is a problem too anyway.

Either the gas cloud or your frantic screaming into a hot mike. And yeah, to get explosive decompression your buddy would have to be REALLY impatient. :lol:

The topic is the worst goofs that one can make and stay alive, so here is one from me: Ripping a waste bag. I think it might have happened in real life and it is one of the worst things I can imagine. A Apollo CM is about the size of a couple of phone booths and the only place you can run is a even smaller space that. And you do have to back in there to get home. Makes me gag thinking about it.

"Oh god no, get it off me! Huston, major emergenc-BLEGGGGHHHHH"

:huh: <- capcom

 

[Urwumpe]

Explosive decompression is a myth.

Don't tell that us, tell that those humans who decide to die because of this myth. :dry:

Uncontrolled decompression refers to an unexpected drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as an aircraft cabin. Where the speed of the decompression occurs faster than air can escape from the lungs, this is known as explosive decompression (ED), and is associated with explosive violence. Where decompression is still rapid, but not faster than the lungs can decompress, this is known as rapid decompression. Lastly, slow decompression or gradual decompression occurs so slowly that humans may not detect it before hypoxia sets in.

 

[ryan]

I'm unsure if this falls into the category of goof but i once made a brut landing on the moon directly from earth.
I quite literally pointed and burn. Alot of warping and alot of refuelling through the scenario editor. I eventually made it and landed somewhere in the north pole.
Ryan.

 

[orbitingpluto]

Urwumpe was right. I'll look for proof before making shooting my mouth off. Going back to topic now.



You decide to live a space obsessed kids dream... 48 hours in a Mercury capsule with only Tang and Space Food Sticks for nourishment. This is space in the rough, where real astronauts chew on foil wrapped peanut butter concoctions and doesn't afraid of anything. Not even death.

 

[supersonic]

Burning the Shuttle's ET dry. Engine overhaul. :dry:

 

[OrbiterSpore]

Cut JWST's antenna
Reentry in cargo bay.
Reentry without seatbelts[?]

 

[Urwumpe]

Burning the Shuttle's ET dry. Engine overhaul. :dry:

Burn dry on the LOX side and you can get an "Uncontained engine failure" on a Space Shuttle. Not sure if this counts as staying alive.

There are some urgent emergency procedures for the case, that a major LOX leak is detected so that the cut-off sensors might trigger while the engines are not throttled down before MECO. That procedures involve taking manual control over throttle and cut-off.

 

[Wishbone]

Suffering a nervous breakdown (has anybody got any RL stories on that aside from the overtaxed and overstressed Almaz crew?)

 

[Urwumpe]

Suffering a nervous breakdown (has anybody got any RL stories on that aside from the overtaxed and overstressed Almaz crew?)

Apollo 13? also one STS mission had a similar psychological incident, one payload specialist threatened mission control with suicide, if they don't let him repair his experiment. (In the end, his fellow crew members "secretly" helped him, by taking over some of his tasks so he can work longer on the failed experiment, which eventually worked very successfully)

Actually stress is a pretty common problem in space, including all extreme psychological reactions. Astronauts are humans, too. They are better selected by psychological screening than the average, but not immune to stress.

 

[Radu094]

Well it's "technically" survivable, but for me the funniest line in the whole Apollo program has to be Dave Scott's.

You see, they had some trouble separating the LM from the CSM on Apollo 15 so Al (CMP) went down into the tunnel to check if the umbilical cord was plugged in.
At 100:21 Dave Scott radios from the LM to Al: "Hey, Al, I sure hope the Extend/Release switch was Off when you went in there". Meaning that if the probe switch wasn't Off and he would reconnect the umbilical, the probe would imediately extend and separate the two vehicles. Only with the CM's docking hatch opened and All inside the tunnel the CM would decompress ..maybe even flushing Al outside. I think they were all suited up, but even so, having a floating CMP in lunar orbit was probably a mission breaker for them.

I still chuckle every time I hear that line.

 

[Carmen A]

How about.... A toilet backing up in space? Ewwwwww!!!!!