[steveegg]

When there is an emergency situation, people are capable of incredible things. Did you watch the Tom Hanks movie about the return of the "doomed" apollo mission?

Believe me, if they had determined there was no safe way to re-enter orbit, they would NOT have just re-entered and said "oh well let's roll the dice".

They would have gone to the space station and lived there until their return could be arranged.

Check your history, son. Apollo 13 was in 1970; Skylab wasn't launched until 1973. The Soviet Salyut 1 (the first space station) wasn't launched until 1971.

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steveegg writes
""Check your history, son. Apollo 13 was in 1970; Skylab wasn't launched until 1973. The Soviet Salyut 1 (the first space station) wasn't launched until 1971.""

I fail to see the point of your reply. I didn't say anything about the timeline of history of those missions. I said that people can do amazing things when put to the test.

What was your point?