Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Touch-typing on the shuttle Message-ID: <1988Oct13.162036.9723@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: Date: Thu, 13 Oct 88 16:20:36 GMT In article khai@amara.uucp (S. Khai Mong) writes: >With all the talk about computers on the shuttle, I wonder whether it >is very difficult to touch-type in zero G. I would imagine so. Every >keystroke would probably throw you back literally... This is a general problem with anything involving mechanical force in free fall. The answer is that you have to anchor yourself first. This is true on Earth as well, but gravity usually does the anchoring well enough. -- The meek can have the Earth; | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology the rest of us have other plans.|uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu