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From: aws@ITI.ORG ("Allen W. Sherzer")
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: LNLL Inflatable Stations
Message-ID: <9011132142.AA17417@iti.org>
Date: 13 Nov 90 21:42:45 GMT
References: <2687@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
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Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
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In article <2687@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>:
>> [LLNL Earth Station will require fewer crew changes because
>>  they provide artificial G]

>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.

True but they don't do it as a matter of routine. In a staion with
artificial gravity crew endurance is not limited by microgravity.

All things being equal a crew in the LLNL Earth Station will not need
to be rotated as often as Freedom. Since it will cost several hundred
million $$ to do a rotation, this is a major consideration.

  Allen
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