Funkii Munkii

Came to me in the aftermath of the game

If a spaceman was set adrift in space how long would he live for just drifting around, how far would he go alive?? has it ever happened, anyone lost in space.

Yes I know its a wierd question and should be left to the mad Q&A page of the Daily Mail

Just Curious

Dave

TonyG

Is that with or without a spacesuit?

Brendan Hughes

Surely as long as his air supply lasts or as long as his suit isn't pierced by debris? An hour or two at the most, I suppose.

Funny, I was listening to Bowie's Space Oddity last night for the first time in a year or two...

carl

Nope. The only inicidents I can think of are:
Russians lost a crew (3 I think) when the cabin depressurized during re-entry
Americans lost 3 during the Apollo 1 test firing on the launchpad (White, Chaffee and Grissom)
Challenger crew (7) lost on the way up.

Nobody actually 'lost in space' although there have been several near-misses (one of the Mercury astronauts nearly missed his re-entry point, Armstrong and someone else had a thruster stick open on one of the Geminis and of course Apollo 13). It's also a little-known fact that Gagarin bailed out on the way down.

Funkii Munkii

Thanks

plenty more where that came from!!