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From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Swimming in space
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Date: Sat, 4-May-85 00:32:46 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  4 00:32:46 1985
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> From: Ron Tencati <TENCATI@JPL-VLSI.ARPA>
> 
> Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. in his book "The House in Space" quoted one astronaut
> as saying that he had faced the dilemma of getting "stuck" in the middle of
> a room in zero G.  He said that all his "swimming" attempts succeeded only 
> in causing his body to gyrate in the opposite direction of the force, and
> that he had to have help to get to the other side of the room.  

I remember reading a story long, long ago that suggested that it should 
be possible to produce some velocity by throwing an object in the 
opposite direction one wanted to move.  It sounded reasonable to me
then, but I was young and impressionable at the time.  And, of course,
it _was_ science fiction...


Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712

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