[TriLUG] OT -- NASA Shuttle Launch Today

[Jim Ray]

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Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 2:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT -- NASA Shuttle Launch Today

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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