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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Shuttle External Tanks and Space Stations
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Date: Tue, 10-Dec-85 15:21:51 EST
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> ...
> If nothing else, it could be used as a relaxation area by the
> crew (who, after all, will be spending 3 months at a time
> in a space the size of 5 house-trailers strung together).

Oh boy!  3D raquet ball in space!

I actually spent 3.5 months in a space far smaller than 5 house-trailers
in a NASA sponsored project.  It was about 11 x 17 feet.  There
were three of us.  No windows.  No exit.

It would be very handy to have a place to go just to be alone.
An attic would be a great idea.

Another possible use?  Why not start a garden?  There was a
definite trend for dust, hair, etc. to build up in The Box
(our name for the project...)  The same should happen with
the space station.  Put a slow centifuge wheel in the tank,
add dirt/dust, water, seeds, and electric light.  (Maybe
even some 'fertilizer').  Might not be much to you to see a
flower or two, but there was a time when I would have found
it to be a great pleasure to see something living, something
from 'outside'...

-- 
E. Michael Smith  ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems

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