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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: LAUNCH
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Date: Fri, 3-Feb-84 20:20:10 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  3 20:20:10 1984
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Does anybody know how they are going to navigate this untethered
spacewalk?  Personally, I'd be scared stiff trying to shoot around
in a jet pack in zero G with no ground to drag my feet on.  Do the
astronauts get real good at a spacewar video game, or is the whole
thing controlled by a computer, or what?  What happens if a jet pack
fails or runs out of fuel while they're out on EVA?  (The same thing
that happens if the engine fails or runs out of fuel in an airplane,
I guess.)