CosmicQuest
Living in Space

Your space station
Warning! Orbit deteriorating
Instrument panel

You have no heat shield—your space station cannot withstand the tremendous heat of re-entry. It will burn up with no survivors.

Burning up on reentry

You'd better consider another plan:

Emergency Reentry Vehicle
Escape in Emergency Return Vehicle		 Fire thrusters Boost your orbit

 

 

 

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