In the event of a death on the ISS

[norm103]

my GF whats to know what would happen if some one die on the iss?

 

[vt_hokie]

I would imagine they do, but I can't imagine why it wouldn't be made public. It seems that the course of action would be pretty obvious and straightforward.

 

[barf9]

They probably have several based on the cause of death, but I'd bet most fall under the heading "Abandon Ship". I doubt anyone on the ISS is going to have a heart attack. I would think any likely cause of death would also cause alot of damage to the station, and in some cases there might not be anything to do. Not to get all doom and gloom, but NASA isn't going to publish those plans because that will undercut support for the ISS.

 

[ascan1984]

"Columbia was hardly a thing of beauty except those of us who loved and cared for her. She was often bad-mouthed for being a little heavy on the rear end, but many of us can relate to that." John Young <br /><br />Hey. I am afraid that it was actually Bob Crippen who said that quote.

 

[norm103]

ok thanks i chang that

 

[spacefire]

I'm assuming the body would be recovered if possible, which means that another Soyuz would be sent up to complement the crew and a pilot, flight engineer and a dead body would come back. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[rogers_buck]

They would probably bring the body back in the currently docked Soyuz and leave the ISS unmanned until a new crew could be launched.

 

[rogers_buck]

I just had a macabre thought along the lines of SuitSat...<br />

 

[spacefire]

doesn't it take two people to fly the soyuz back down?<br />ISS has only two permanent crew members. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[lampblack]

I just searched my little heart out -- and wasn't able to find anything anywhere discussing what happens if an astronaut dies on ISS. Which is probably just as well, truth be told.<br /><br />But for whatever it's worth, SpaceRef has a handy page outlining responses to an assortment of emergency situations:<br /><br />http://www.spaceref.com/iss/contingency.html<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[vogon13]

I had wondered at the risk of an accident during a medical test resulting in an inadvertant death.<br /><br />Folks manage to die in doctor's offices unexpectedly from time to time. Hell, cracking your head accidently while carrooming throught the ISS might be all it takes.<br /><br />CVA can nail anyones ass at any time.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[skyone]

What do you do if a crewmember dies enroute to Mars? Or on Mars?

 

[skyone]

If an astronaut falls into a Martian canyon or fissure and dies, it may well be impossible to recover his/her body. Won't this be a major source of contamination?

 

[vogon13]

Peroxides in the Martian soil are very powerful sterilizing agents.<br /><br />Tough to imagine an organism surviving it.<br /><br />UV at Mars surface another problem for earthian bugs. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[rubicondsrv]

CVA= Cerebral Vascular Accident (stroke) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[lampblack]

<font color="yellow">"I had wondered at the risk of an accident during a medical test resulting in an inadvertant death" <br /><br />True. Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar alsot die at JSC from a reaction to an injection.</font><br /><br />Was this fairly recently? I notice that her NASA biography still has her very much among us as of September 2005. Here:<br /><br />http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/dunbar.html<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[lampblack]

<font color="yellow">Almost, as in: 'ALMOST only counts in Horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear weapons.'</font><br /><br />Hey, Buddy... the word in question was "alsot."<br /><br />One might reasonably read it as "also" -- or possibly as "almost." It actually wasn't clear.<br /><br />If you're certain that "almost" is the correct interpretation -- then thank you kindly. But don't behave as though someone's an idiot for reading it differently. That's not nice.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[telfrow]

Medical History of Spacefarers <br /><br />Bonnie Dunbar: <i>Almost dies on October 16, 1994 from anaphylactic shock during a ground-based research experiment that involves the injection of insulin. </i> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[henryhallam]

"alsost" now.. getting better <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[rocketwatcher2001]

Are the Astronauts given a choice? If it were me, I might say that I want to be pushed out an airlock for that long plunge to infinity or re-entry.<br /><br />On a semi-related note, when do you think that we'll see the first one way trips to the moon and beyond, when the astronaut/settlers have no intention of coming back? In other words, when the folks know that they will be burried on the moon, hopefully after a long and productive life. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[askold]

Say, was there anybody in that suit they jettisoned the other day ...?

 

[lampblack]

<font color="yellow">No, it was many years ago, perhaps over 10 years ago.</font><br /><br />I'm glad to hear she's OK. From her NASA biographical info, it's obvious that she's a beautiful, brilliant lady.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[henryhallam]

<font color="yellow">When do you think that we'll see the first one way trips to the moon and beyond, when the astronaut/settlers have no intention of coming back? In other words, when the folks know that they will be burried on the moon, hopefully after a long and productive life.</font><br /><br />Not until we have had a large base established for many years.

 

[rocketwatcher2001]

<font color="yellow">Not until we have had a large base established for many years.</font><br /><br />I hope you're wrong, I hope that it's the people that set up those bases see themselves as settlers. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[rogers_buck]

>> What do you do if a crewmember dies enroute to Mars? Or on Mars? <br /><br />Can you say "long pork".<br />