Re: Stick/CEV Propulsion News
- From: "Will McLean" <mclean1382@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 5 Oct 2005 06:25:04 -0700
Henry Spencer wrote:
> 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.
>
Another is teleoperating rovers someplace where it is lunar day.
> >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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