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Accidents in Space


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Subjects: Science, Space

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No		 Running Time: 50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No
Copyright Date: 2002
Available in French: No

"If we die, we want people to accept it... The conquest of space is worth the risk of life." These are the words of Apollo 1 astronaut, Gus Grissom who, along with two colleagues, was killed in 1967 when their craft caught fire during testing and they were unable to open their exit hatch. Accidents In Space looks at what happens when things go wrong 62 miles above the earth, where astronauts are completely dependent on the technology and environment they have brought with them - whether in the capsule or in the space suit. In space, it's a vacuum - and minus 200 degrees Celcius. The boiling point of liquids is reduced - so if abandoned in space without a suit an astronaut's blood would boil instantly. Every vein and artery in their body would burst and they would be shredded from the inside out. This programme looks at how international space programmes have fought for decades to safeguard the fragile lives of their pioneering cosmonauts.

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