[TriLUG] OT -- NASA Shuttle Launch Today

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, Neil L. Little wrote:

> There are several reasons for the 2 day period. (During 
> Gemini missions the did it in one day)

I was at KSC for the previous launch and saw on display one 
of the Gemini capsules. In one mission, two guys sat in this 
thing for 14days. There wasn't room to straighten your body, 
move your elbows sideways or raise your arms over your head. 
It was worse than being in a plane. It was almost like being 
in an MRI machine. These guys had to work, eat, sleep and 
crap while being more confined than if they were in a 
hospital bed. I had never realised how claustrophobic the 
early space craft were. I have renewed respect for the early 
astronauts.

Joe
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