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Re: brown minifigure head
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:08:12 GMT
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Will Hess wrote:
> Tie pilots need a pressure tight environmental suit in case their hull is
> breached. OTOH having a pressure suit means that they wouldn't even need a
> pressurized cabin in the first place.
Well, NASA sure seemed to think it was a good idea. Isn't the Space
Shuttle the first NASA manned launch vehicle which the crew is NOT in
pressure suits during launch (the Apollo missions at least started with
the crew wearing pressurized suits during launch - I couldn't quickly
confirm this for all launches, but I'm still pretty confident)?
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Frank Filz
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| (...) I think that was a safety measure, in case the cabin seal failed during launch, when the astronauts couldn't do much except lie in the pressure couches and take it. I guess the current thinking is either (a) the cabin seals won't fail or (b) (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) spoiled (...) no (...) white (...) effect (...) of (...) Tie pilots need a pressure tight environmental suit in case their hull is breached. OTOH having a pressure suit means that they wouldn't even need a pressurized cabin in the first place. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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