The astronauts on the ISS that are stuck and can’t parachute back to Earth… but why not?

The highest jump I could find was 39km (Stratos jump)

Is it the height from the planet? The speed of the ISS? If we wanted to design ISS escape pods, what would be required?

  • Thavron@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Atmospheric drag would probably light you up. Maybe someone more versed in physics could go deeper on this.