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From: hoyme@umn-cs.UUCP (Ken Hoyme)
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Subject: Re: 1984 Shuttle Plans - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 21-Dec-83 21:02:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 21 21:02:32 1983
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umn-cs!hoyme    Dec 21 17:59:00 1983

Wait a minute...If the jet pack fails we can assume the shuttle could
manuever to pick up the stranded astronaut.  Think before you write.

The jet pack user will have to 'fly' in patterns that could make a
tether very ackward.  To recover the Solar Max the astronaut will
have to first start spinning to match the satillite, attach himself
to it and then despin so the manipulator arm can grab it.  A tether
would not work.  Also, a tether might have to be too long since there
may be situations where the jet pack will be used to get away from the
environment around the orbiter which is filled with contaminents due to
the thrusters (and the toilet for that matter).

Ken Hoyme
Honeywell Systems and Research Center
Minneapolis,MN