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- Path: sparky!uunet!caen!uvaarpa!vdoe386!ghasting
- From: ghasting@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (George Hastings)
- Subject: Re: Emergency Evac/Reentry Vehicle
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.013817.20177@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu>
- Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
- References: <Brt68q.n3M@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 01:38:17 GMT
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- henry@zoo.toronto.edu writes:
- > One idea that is being taken seriously right now is using a pair of Soyuzes.
- > There are problems -- Soyuz isn't quite big enough and it isn't certified
- > for years in space -- but people are looking into it.
-
- The Soyuz-TM is SLICK! It's REALLY tiny, but can accomodate
- three people at a time. It has a little less than 4 cubic
- meters of space inside, but it's quite comfortable, considering
- that sitting in it, your knees are almost touching your chest!
- I almost fell asleep in the left seat during the MIR approach
- and docking simulation we ran on July 1st, while Harry Lewis
- was in the pilot's chair in the middle!
- The WHOLE Soyuz-TM including the service module, reentry
- module, and "living module" could easily be carried up in a
- space shuttle cargo bay, but contacting CIS launch services
- would be a lot CHEAPER!
- George Hastings
- Aerospace Ambassador
- U.S. Cosmonaut Training Session
- Zhvuzhdny Gorodok, June/July 92
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