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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 21:49:24 GMT
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.space, John J. Ladasky Jr. wrote:
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> > 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."
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> 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.
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> 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.
I never saw the Star Trek animated series, but I always wondered why the
Federation didn't issue personal shielding along with phaser
rifles--especially after they saw how well the Borg employed them. Of course
that innovation would have to come after the most needed Star Trek
innovation: Seat belts for the bridge of the Enterprise!
-John Van
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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