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The Spacewalk That Almost Killed Him: How Luca Parmitano survived the scariest wardrobe malfunction in NASA history

1 posted on 03/23/2014 10:23:54 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Alexei Leonov almost couldn’t get back into the ship on the first EVA because the Russians failed to take expansion into account. He had to depressurize his suit to get back into the ship.


2 posted on 03/23/2014 10:37:49 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

It looks fun but it’s real dangerous stuff up there.


6 posted on 03/23/2014 11:54:32 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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I cannot begin to fathom what drives men to do this sort of work. Glad that there is someone willing to do it, but I will stay right here on terra firma, thank you.

Don’t want to travel in a submarine either. Yipes!


7 posted on 03/23/2014 1:41:09 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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Six months after the EVA, spacesuit engineers still didn’t know the exact cause of the leak, although they quickly discovered which part failed—a fan pump separator that has since been replaced

I was a little disappointed at the lack of explanation about how the leak occurred. I hope they've figured out the details by now. It'd be interesting to know.

8 posted on 03/23/2014 1:45:16 PM PDT by sargon (I don't like the sound of these here Boncentration Bamps!)
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