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Anyone got a toaster for this guy?

snarfy@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us writes:
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>    In one sixth gravity , a 180 pound man would weigh  a  mere  30  pounds.

>                                6/180 = 30

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>   weight.  Therefore , they should have been able to jump far  higher  than
>   they  could  on  the earth without any difficulty. The average person can
>   jump about 18 inches vertically without a  run.   On  all  of  the  video
>   footage  shot  by  the  astronauts  while  in  the moonwalking mode , the
>   highest leaps performed by the most vigorous individuals,  such  as  John
>   Young,  never  amounted  to  more  than  about 18 inches, while they were
>   THEORETICALLY CAPABLE OF SLOW BACKFLIPS!

You mean besides the fact that they can barely move to begin with?  Here,
I'll wrap you up in a straight jacket and see how well you can wave your
arms around.

>    Another thing.  The practical design of a spacesuit would  dictate  that
>   economy  of  weight  be  a  prime  consideration,  for  the  purposes  of
>   maximizing  payloads.  The  value  of  185 pounds cannot be accounted for
>   unless you attribute most of  this  weight  to  some  mysteriously  heavy
>   equipment  in the the backpack. While a Scuba diver's dual tanks weigh in
>   at about 80 pounds and are designed to aid the diver in  sinking  to  the
>   bottom  ,  presumably  the  astronaut's  air  containment system would be
>   significantly lighter. If we allow 40  pounds  for  air  containment,  20
>   pounds  for  a  hefty  battery , and 40 or so pounds for lightweight heat
>   pumps and the like ,that leaves 85 pounds for the suit itself .  This  is
>   just  not  a  believable  figure  judging  from the general appearance of
>   flexibilty of the material.

Plus weight for food, water, containment systems for 'excrements' (you do have
to take a leak, even on the moon), radio, cooling system, plus supports
for places that the material just can't cover, like where the gloves
connect to the suit, and where the bottom of the suit connects to the
top, etc.  Also, this material is not that light. You're talking about 
protecting soemone from absolute nothing around him.  I'd make it rather
thick, no matter what the weight.  A few safety features too, probably
emergency radio, backup air and other systems.

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Wear a heavy backpack and you'll tip back.  Wear something heavy on your
front and you'll tip forward.  Wear something equally heavy on both
the front and back you won't tip.  Simple mechanics.  But I'd guess you
never passed Physics I.

>    During Apollo 17 ,  astronauts  Cernan  and  Scmitt  began  their  first
>   assignment  by deploying and loading the Rover . Cernan apparently became
>   quite excited and his Capsule Communicator , astronaut Parker warned  him
>   that  his  metabolic rate was going up. That meant that he was using more
>   oxygen. Cernan replied  that  he  never  felt  calmer  in  his  life  and
>   indicated  to  Parker that he would take it easy . He mentioned to Parker
>   that he thought that it was due to getting accustomed to handling himself
>   in "zero g".

>    Parker, an astronomer, then stated that he thought Cernan was working at
>   1/6 gravity. Cernan's reply was "Yes. You know where we are....whatever."
>   This remark suggests that Cernan wanted to avoid the discussion.  Perhaps
>   Parker  was  not  aware  of  the  high  gravity  situation  and  asked an
>   embarrassing question.

To anyone who has just lost 5/6 of their weight, I'd bet it would seem
a lot like zero g.  Have you ever made a freudian slip??

I'm actually amazed you didn't think that the CIA faked the moon landings.
Get a grip on reality.

-Mark

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