EAPS 106 Unit 9 Hazards Of Space
Travel Lecture Questions And Outlined
Answers
\Q\.What killed the Apollo 1 astronauts? - ANSWERS✔-A fire broke out in their capsule during
testing.
\Q\.Why did the Apollo capsules not use a nitrogen/oxygen mixture for air, which is less
flammable than a pure oxygen mixture? - ANSWERS✔-Because the hardware required for a
pure oxygen environment is lighter and simpler.
\Q\.What killed the Apollo 13 astronauts? - ANSWERS✔-Actually, they survived an oxygen tank
explosion and made it back to Earth.
\Q\.What killed the Soyuz 11 astronauts? - ANSWERS✔-Asphyxiation after a ventilation valve
broke during reentry.
\Q\.Why was Jerrie Cobb denied entry into the Mercury Astronaut Program? - ANSWERS✔-
Because she was a woman.
\Q\.On the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters, what is a field joint? - ANSWERS✔-Where two
segments of a solid rocket booster need to be attached on the launchpad.
\Q\.What fraction of solid rocket boosters experienced O-ring damage prior to the Challenger
explosion? - ANSWERS✔-A third.
Travel Lecture Questions And Outlined
Answers
\Q\.What killed the Apollo 1 astronauts? - ANSWERS✔-A fire broke out in their capsule during
testing.
\Q\.Why did the Apollo capsules not use a nitrogen/oxygen mixture for air, which is less
flammable than a pure oxygen mixture? - ANSWERS✔-Because the hardware required for a
pure oxygen environment is lighter and simpler.
\Q\.What killed the Apollo 13 astronauts? - ANSWERS✔-Actually, they survived an oxygen tank
explosion and made it back to Earth.
\Q\.What killed the Soyuz 11 astronauts? - ANSWERS✔-Asphyxiation after a ventilation valve
broke during reentry.
\Q\.Why was Jerrie Cobb denied entry into the Mercury Astronaut Program? - ANSWERS✔-
Because she was a woman.
\Q\.On the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters, what is a field joint? - ANSWERS✔-Where two
segments of a solid rocket booster need to be attached on the launchpad.
\Q\.What fraction of solid rocket boosters experienced O-ring damage prior to the Challenger
explosion? - ANSWERS✔-A third.
