Small steps, or giant leaps?

• Autores: Leah Crane
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3160, 2018, págs. 20-21
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Flying to space is just about the most dangerous thing a person can do. That's part of the reason nobody has ventured past the International Space Station since the Apollo program ended in 1972. But as government agencies like NASA and firms including SpaceX start to talk about putting humans on the moon and beyond, it is time to rethink how they approach risking lives in space. NASA will only approve a spacecraft for human use if there is less than a 1 in 270 chance of crew fatalities over the course of its mission. Here, Crane looks at the risks of space flight and who stands to gain from them