11. Say the Earth exploded but some people survived in a shuttle, where could they go to survive? (A K2S Question)

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If the Earth suddenly exploded (an exceedingly remote possibility, except in Hollywood movies), and people in an orbiting space shuttle somehow managed to survive, there is no place they could go to live. For one thing, there are no other worlds we know of which can support human life, and we do not have any human out-posts on other worlds—at least, not yet. Secondly, currently a Shuttle spends almost all of its fuel just to get into orbit. They could not even fly to the Moon or anywhere else unless the explosion pushed them there. And even then, the chances they would get pushed to the Moon or another planet are very small. However, there are plans for new spacecraft which will be able to land on the Moon and Mars in the future. Perhaps these vehicles will pave the way to human settlements on other worlds.

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Answer provided by Brad McLain & Liv Arnesen

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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