Re: MMU Question
From: Andrew Lotosky (skylon_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/24/05
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Date: 23 Mar 2005 19:34:05 -0800
LooseChanj wrote:
> Today's APOD picture features McCandless flying an MMU 100 meters
from the
> payload bay. Someone is arguing if the MMU were to fail, the poor
astro is
> screwed. I'm thinking it would be relatively easy to just fly the
orbiter
> over, and either grabbing him with the RMS or scooping him up in the
payload
> bay. (The latter being trickier.) Who's right? And one more thing,
what
> sort of failure modes did the MMUs have? What could have possibly
stranded
> an astro out riding one?
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I'm susprised this wasn't brought up, but, EVA's are done with two guys
and two MMU's are avaiable. The odds of BOTH MMU's failing are pretty
damn high. Why not just send the other EVA Astronaut out to get his
partner?
-A.L.
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