Pelo comentário de @seelleker acima, a resposta para isso é Lifeboat , de James White, também conhecido como Inferno Negro.
The passengers were the usual varied lot, some nervous, some boisterous, some smart-aleck, some quiet.
The ship's Medical Officer was brand new and didn't anticipate having to do much more than take care of a few queasy stomachs and bruises among his charges--from learning how to handle weightlessness..
It was a routine trip.
And so was the safety drill.
Until the disaster call went out . . .