To: Semper911
My husband insists that the crew does not wear helmets on re-entry and landing, only for EVA activities.
I don't know if he's right. I am a space fan, he's a space fanatic, and has plenty of space in his cranium for space lore.
10 posted on
02/01/2003 8:53:46 PM PST by
ChemistCat
(We should have had newer, safer, better, more efficient ships by now, damn it.)
To: ChemistCat
That's a flight helmet. They wear these on take off and landing. The EVA helmets are much larger and intended to protect the wearer from a vacuum environment. In other words, someone was wearing that this morning.
12 posted on
02/01/2003 8:59:17 PM PST by
Redcloak
(Join the Coalition to Prevent Unnecessarily Verbose and Nonsensical Tag Lines, eh)
To: ChemistCat
Since the Challenger disaster they do wear their suit and helmet during ascent and re-entry in case of a rapid decompression.
13 posted on
02/01/2003 9:00:03 PM PST by
dc-zoo
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