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From: rcj@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Robert Johnson)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: What if...
Message-ID: <7648@killer.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 26 Mar 89 03:49:09 GMT
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In article <1989Mar25.222108.9060@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <15.UUL1.3#5131@mvac.UUCP> mvac!thomas@udel.edu writes:
>As for the docking problem, that's a problem with any rescue mission,
>since a normally-equipped shuttle isn't set up to dock with *anything*.
>This is why the "rescue ball" exists -- the shuttle doesn't carry
>spacesuits for everybody, but there are enough balls for the rest of
>passport and visa, comrade?    | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
A few weeks ago I was looking through a book at a bookstore (yes, I'm
one of those people who read books in bookstores but don't buy them!)
and noticed that the rescue balls had no way to control the tempurature
inside of them.  This brings up a question that I've been wondering about-
What is the ambient tempurature of space?  I imagine that the tempurature
without an atmosphere would have massive swings...How long could an 
astronaut stay alive in one of those things?

Also:  Do the laws of piracy still apply to crafts in orbit?  Has this
ever been questioned?

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