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Article #5941Re: Testing 0G Potties..
From: Steve Hosgood
Date: Mon, 15 May 1989 16:05
Date: Mon, 15 May 1989 16:05
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In article <1989May11.203336.1395@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >.....the thing [0G toilet for the shuttle] had to be tested in >free fall before being flown for the first time, and that meant doing it >in the KC-135, with only about 30 seconds of free fall available? >......Turns out that there are people with the slightly >unusual, um, ability required... >-- I would *love* to have seen the expression on the tester's face had the pilot of the KC-135 had the sense of humour (?) to have rolled the plane quietly during the dive. The effect would only be noticed when the plane levelled out inverted.... Steve.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!ukc!reading!cf-cm!cybaswan!iiit-sh From: iiit-sh@cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Testing 0G Potties.. Message-ID: <443@cybaswan.UUCP> Date: 15 May 89 16:05:40 GMT References: <25118@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <605@kl-cs.UUCP> <1989May11.203336.1395@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: iiit-sh@cybaswan.UUCP (Steve Hosgood) Organization: Institute for Industrial Information Technology Lines: 14