SPACE DANGERS
Unknown hazards, and the disasters man may create as a result of his activity in space. This section cannot be completed until man has sufficient time in space to develop a greater experience factor. We now know that there is a potential hazard from large space objects falling back to earth. Skylab was the first significant evidence of this danger. Space experiments and exploration could produce other unexpected and adverse consequences. We will probably be forced to react to each of these on an individual basis.
Any space traveler must depend on a closed ecological life support system. If any part of that system fails, it could mean certain death. Other dangers include launch accidents, tracking and communications problems, failure of the space vehicle, solar storms, radiation, meteoroids, technical support problems, and the unknown. The challenge of space survival is yet before us.
