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Re: Air lock and ship docking discussion
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lugnet.space
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Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:11:35 GMT
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In lugnet.space, John J. Ladasky Jr. wrote:
> In lugnet.space, Tom McDonald writes:
> > In lugnet.space, John J. Ladasky, Jr. writes:
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> > > But maybe extravehicular activity is not a major concern for your spacecraft.
> > > (There's very little EVA in most sci-fi. The only sci-fi story with EVA that I
> > > can recall at the moment is Asimov's "Foundation's Edge."
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> This is sort of off-topic, but I just remembered another one -- Clarke's "2001."
> Remember? "Open the pod bay doors, HAL!" "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that."
There's also a certain amount of EVA in various Star Trek films (and TV
episodes). Mostly scampering around the skin of the Enterprise, I believe.
I liked the space suits in the Star Trek animated series -- they consisted of
belts, which extended individual a custom-fit force field around the wearer, and
provided life support.
Steve
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| Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:c3r5bscr32mmfv8...4ax.com... (...) spacecraft. (...) that I (...) "2001." (...) that." (...) of (...) wearer, and (...) I never saw the Star Trek animated series, but I always wondered (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) This is sort of off-topic, but I just remembered another one -- Clarke's "2001." Remember? "Open the pod bay doors, HAL!" "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that." (...) Unknown? Nah, it's Major Moonbeam, having a bit of fun with the hapless newbie. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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