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Re: brown minifigure head
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 1 Dec 2000 21:49:04 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz wrote:
> 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.
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> 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)?
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) if the cabin seals fail, there are probably bigger
problems for the crew to worry about.
Steve
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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