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From: rznowski@psuvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: 1984 Shuttle Plans
Message-ID: <369@psuvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Dec-83 13:54:49 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 14 13:54:49 1983
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  About the astronaut testing the jet pack....

  This seems very uncharacteristic of NASA.  What happens if the jet pack
stops working when the astronaut is 300 feet from the shuttle and still
drifting??  (I myself would prefer to have a tether attached to me for 
safety reasons.)  Remember the Spacesuit problems......

  Stephen Roznowski

    (rznowski@psuvax1)

P.S.  I guess it the jet pack fails, the astronaut could always test to
see if Newton's third law really works. (By throwing the jet pack)