Re: Stick/CEV Propulsion News

In article <11k5f3ooi3pkr37@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Speaking of that mission duration, what exactly are the astronauts
>supposed to do during the lunar night?

One obvious answer is: maintenance. During the lunar day, you focus on
getting stuff done; during the lunar night, you fix all the things that
got broken getting stuff done.

>Would suits designed for use in the heat of the lunar day be able to
>handle the cold of the lunar night if EVA's were performed during it?

It's probably possible, although it would take some explicit design
attention. (The shuttle suits turned out to need some minor improvements,
like heated gloves, for station EVAs in worst-case-cold conditions.)
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