NASA plans for the unthinkable [View All]

[PinkTiger]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/03/19/astronaut.rescue.ap/index.html
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"When Discovery is launched in a few months, a four-man rescue squad will be standing by.

It's a plan for the unthinkable.

"It's a place where we don't want to go. We're training for a mission we never want to fly," says the team's commander, Air Force Col. Steven Lindsey.

A rescue mission -- which might require the president's approval -- is fraught with complexities:"

My comment: Do you think * will have to convene Congress to approve saving the lives of the astronauts? (A snide statement re:Schiavo)