The risks and accidents of space travel

Tensae Demissie

Risks associated with space travel

Dangerous radiation particles are abundant beyond earth orbit

Risks associated with space travel

Zero to reduced gravity causes bone and muscle loss

Risks associated with space travel

Long term space travels can lead to psychosocial pressure

Boredom Isolation

Fatal accidents in space missions

As of 2007, in-flight accidents have claimed 19 astronauts

Training accidents have killed 11 astronauts

Launch pad accidents have killed 71 ground personnel

Apollo 1 Command module

was destroyed by fire during a test and training exercise on Jan 27, 1967

Three crew members died

Gus Grisson, Edward White and Roger Chaffee

Soyuz 1

Russian manned spaceflight

Soyoz spacecraft carrying Vladmir Konarov crashed during its return to earth

First in-flight fatality in the history of spaceflight

X-15 Flight 191 X-15 was an

experimental air craft

It broke apart minutes after launch due to technical difficulties killing Michael J. Adams

Soyuz 11• Successful visit to the international space station•The crew capsule depressurized during re-entry•The three crew members died

Space shuttle challenger

NASA’s second space shuttle orbiter

It completed nine missions

During the tenth mission, it broke apart 73 seconds after launch resulting in the death of all seven crew members

Columbia•The first space shuttle orbiter•Flew 27 times•It was destroyed during re-entry killingall the seven crew members

Near fatalities Apollo 13 The third mannedmission intended to land on the moon Lunar landing was Aborted due to mid-mission

technical difficulties The crew members along

with the command module

were successfully recovered

ON A LIGHTER NOTE• 5% have died on space flight•4.1% are NASA astronauts•0.9% are Russian cosmonauts

Is it worth the risk?

There will always be risks associated with manned space flight

The strength of the desire to explore space appears to heavily outweigh the cost of the risks