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From: eempa@iceman.jcu.oz (M Parigi)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: LNLL Inflatable Stations
Summary: LLNL EVA's
Message-ID: <1250@iceman.jcu.oz>
Date: 15 Nov 90 01:44:51 GMT
References: <2732@polari.UUCP> <9011142140.AA02302@iti.org>
Organization: JCUNQ, Townsville, Qld, Australia
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> In article <2732@polari.UUCP>:
In article <9011142140.AA02302@iti.org>, aws@ITI.ORG ("Allen W. Sherzer") writes:
> 
> >>In practice the station will need a spun section attached to a despun
> >>section.   
> >+As I said, already in there. The airlock is at 0G.
> 
> >I would still want to despin the station for EVA which could be fairly often.
> 
> And they don't. 
>     Allen

	I don't know about you, but if I were an astronaut doing an EVA to fix
a section of the rotating platform (from damage by space flotsam) and had to
get out to the 1 g region, I would first have to spin my body, climb down
the rotating station hanging on to it for dear life, with the whole universe
and earth rotating at 4 times per second above your head, with an uncomfortable
suit on, I certainly wouldn't be in any mood to do any work! I think if the
kevlar shell did get damaged, the only way to get a human on the outside of
the spinning section would be to have it despun!
	Have you thought about this, Allen?


Marco, JCUNQ, oz.
Disclaimer: I admit it, this isn't in my university's best interests.