ISS 'nauts take to the escape pods in Russian sat-prang debris peril
'Nauts crewing the International Space Station were forced to take to the escape capsules over the weekend, as a chunk of wreckage from a mysterious satellite collision in 2009 hurtled towards the orbiting outpost. Fortunately as it turned out the speeding fragment passed by more than 11km from the station. Normally the ISS …
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Do they carry out the drills in the proper way? With red lights flashing everywhere, a siren going off and a computerised voice instructing everyone to abandon ship?
don't forget the self destruct
No self respecting space faring ship/station has every been abandoned without a lengthy process to initiate self destruct, and then having an ominous computer countdown to annihilation as everyone scrambles to get off the ship/station. Usually results in an individual cancelling self destruct with seconds to go...
make for a nice firework display but probably would not help the debris field issue up there!
Self-Destruct Voice: Thank you for pressing the self-destruct button. This ship will self-destruct in exactly two minutes and forty-five seconds.
President Skroob: You've got to stop it. Is there any way to stop it?
Colonel Sandurz: I can't - it's irreversible.
President Skroob: Like my raincoat!
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Self-Destruct Voice: Ten... nine... eight... six...
President Skroob: Six? What happened to seven?
Self-Destruct Voice: Just kidding!
President Skroob, Colonel Sandurz, Dark Helmet: [They growl in annoyance]
Self-Destruct Voice: [Skroob, Sandurz, and Helmet are mouthing the numbers alone with the recording] Six... five... four... three... two... one...
[they close their eyes and grimace]
Self-Destruct Voice: Have a nice day.
President Skroob, Colonel Sandurz, Dark Helmet: [open their eyes] Thank you.
[They close them again]
<SIRENBELLHORN>
Sorry, I didn't mean to do that. Please call me Eddie if it will help you relax.
I vote for the computerized harbinger of doom from "Aliens"
"You now have eleven minutes to get to minimum safe distance".....
a proper drill?
Naahhh... as I recall, everybody knows their job and, in the event of an evacuation emergency, just does it, without any klaxons or flashing lights or robot voices or anything. Kind of a disappointment, really.
MOVIE SIGN....!
I vote for the computerized harbinger of doom from "Aliens"
"You now have eleven minutes to get to minimum safe distance"...
Actually, I always loved the sudden outbreak of chaos when the flashing lights and buzzer alarm sounded for "movie sign" aboard the ship on MST3K.
Step up to Red Alert!
Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb.
(H) Purple alert! Purple alert!
(L) What`s a purple alert?
(H) Well, it`s not as bad as a red alert, but a bit worse than a blue alert... sort of a mauve alert.
Holly: Rude alert! Rude alert! An electrical fire has knocked out my
voice-recognition unicycle! Many Wurlitzers are missing from my
database! Abandon shop! This is not a daffodil! Repeat: This is
not a daffodil!
Rimmer: Well, thankfully, Holly's unaffected.
Escape pods
Awww, I wanted them to launch and then crash land in the Tatooine - sorry Sahara desert!
Re: Escape pods
Escape pods
Awww, I wanted them to launch and then crash land in the Tatooine - sorry Sahara desert!
.......which would inevitably result in "combing the desert"
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