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From: jmck@norge.Eng.Sun.COM (John McKernan)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: LNLL Inflatable Stations
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Date: 13 Nov 90 20:43:16 GMT
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aws@ITI.ORG ("Allen W. Sherzer") writes:
>An inflatable station could be made smaller for 0G however if they are
>to maintain artificial gravity, it is about as small as they can get. It's
>not clear which has more life cycle cost. Crew can be left on a spinning
>station for a year with no problems.
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>|Allen W. Sherzer| I had a guaranteed military sale with ED-209. Renovation |

Soviet crews have stayed in orbit for over a year. They have demonstrated
that with advanced exercise machinery and lots of exercise it is possbile
to return to the Earth after a year in a 0g environment and completely
recover.

John L. McKernan.                                                  jmck@sun.com
Disclaimer: These are my opinions but, shockingly enough, not necessarily Sun's
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