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Article #6097Space Jargon (Re: Extravehicular Mobility Units
From: Andy Clews
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 14:55
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1989 14:55
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From article <219@nwnexus.WA.COM>, by sds@nwnexus.WA.COM (Sean Shapira): > Would someone familiar with the STS-32 mission plan describe the > contingency which would require use of these "extravehicular mobility > units"? Extravehicular Mobility Unit = Space Suit. Hmmm. On the same subject, I seem to remember that a quaint jargonese expression was used by the Apollo astronauts when they wanted to use the lavatory. Can anyone remember what it was? Do the Shuttle crews use a similar phrase? I extend positive felicitational enjoyability-mode sentiments for the duration of the Yuletide Festivity Period :-) Andy -- Andy Clews, Computing Service, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN, ENGLAND JANET: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk BITNET: andy%syma.sussex.ac.uk@uk.ac Voice: +44 273 606755 ext.2129
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!syma!andy From: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Space Jargon (Re: Extravehicular Mobility Units Message-ID: <1925@syma.sussex.ac.uk> Date: 19 Dec 89 14:55:11 GMT References: <219@nwnexus.WA.COM> Organization: University of Sussex Lines: 18