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From: jay@ncspm.ncsu.edu (Jay C. Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Space Shuttle fashions
Message-ID: <1256@ncspm.ncsu.edu>
Date: 8 Sep 88 14:48:48 GMT
Reply-To: jay@ncspm.ncsu.EDU (Jay C. Smith)
Organization: Crop Science Dept., North Carolina State University
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On the first four shuttle flights orange pressure suits were worn.  While
training for STS-26 I noticed the crew wearing more "NASA-looking" blue
pressure suits.  Now I see the crew at the Cape wearing the old orange ones
again.  Did they decide that the orange ones were better for use in actual
flight due to their high visibility (which would help in possible rescue
operations)?

Yes, I know this sounds silly, but those blue pressure suits were a real
shock the first time I saw them.

-- 
"The duality of man.  The Jungian thing, sir."
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