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From: sewilco@mecc.UUCP (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Getting stuck in the middle of space
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Date: Wed, 15-May-85 16:46:34 EDT
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If one gets stuck in free-fall in an atmosphere, at least
Skylab's swimming technique should work.  Shuttle crew can
"easily" test other methods (including drifting to air
intake vents).

Getting stuck "motionless" in vacuum is another matter.  But
if one got stuck there by pushing another mass away, won't
the astronaut and the mass meet again in one orbit?  I'm sure
someone reading this knows with more certainty than I, but I
think the two orbits will cross.  I'm not as certain about
their being at the same place at the same time.
(Let's not bring up the shuttle satellite launches..the
shuttle uses rockets to move away from satellite, and
satellite motors [usually] also force them into other
orbits)