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 Oct 31 2006, 01:42 PM
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Yes, the title says it all.
What would be the major benefits of a mission, let's say, to Mars, with a single crew member. The reduce of weight would one major issue, I guess. Of course it would have to be someone extremely ultra prepared to correspond to the mission demandings, someone covering areas such as geology, biology not to say the technical issues concerning a spaceflight... Against? Isolation?... Maybe by reducing the mission to the minimal accepted period and inducing long periods of sleep during the voyage... Are there any available studies regarding this matter? All the things I've read point to a >1 crew, I would like to see something discussing the one man possibility. -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Nov 1 2006, 01:57 PM
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QUOTE (slinted @ Oct 1 2006, 10:18 AM)  As expected, the paper is now available free from the publications page.
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Nov 1 2006, 02:55 PM
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XYL Code Genius Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 23-November 05 Member No.: 566 |
Is it possible to get into space suit without help?
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Nov 2 2006, 03:58 AM
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QUOTE (MaxSt @ Nov 1 2006, 09:55 AM) Is it possible to get into space suit without help? Depends, both on the suit design and the level of safety you're willing to risk. You can get into a Russian EVA suit pretty easily -- you just open a hatch in the middle of the backpack, wriggle in, and close the hatch with a conveniently-placed lever. Attach your comm carrier into the suit comm circuit, turn on the backpack, don gloves, lower your visor, and you're ready to go. An Apollo A7L suit, on the other hand -- you could put it on by yourself, but if you had to don and hook up a PLSS, your safety level might have been impaired. (The Apollo CMPs regularly donned and doffed their suits alone, perfectly safely, but they had no need to don a life-support system on top of that.) By the time we send people to Mars, I would hope we will have designed suits that are relatively lightweight and easy to don, operate and maintain. And which have gloves that don't maim the fingers of the wearers... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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ustrax One Man Crew Oct 31 2006, 01:42 PM
RedSky I haven't heard of a one-man Mars mission.... ... Oct 31 2006, 01:57 PM PhilCo126 Who would wanna go one-way ? An important decision... Oct 31 2006, 02:07 PM
ustrax QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Oct 31 2006, 02:07 PM)... Oct 31 2006, 02:22 PM MarkL One way trips to Mars are a very silly idea. Sick... Oct 31 2006, 04:01 PM ustrax QUOTE (MarkL @ Oct 31 2006, 04:01 PM) One... Oct 31 2006, 04:20 PM climber QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 31 2006, 05:20 PM) Is... Nov 2 2006, 09:22 PM ngunn I agree any space agency proposing a suicide missi... Oct 31 2006, 04:27 PM ustrax QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 31 2006, 04:27 PM) I a... Oct 31 2006, 04:30 PM ngunn QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 31 2006, 04:30 PM) I ... Oct 31 2006, 04:51 PM ustrax QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 31 2006, 04:51 PM) (I... Oct 31 2006, 05:09 PM ngunn QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 31 2006, 05:09 PM) Ye... Nov 1 2006, 11:37 AM algorimancer As to the one-way mission concept...
I think one ... Oct 31 2006, 10:00 PM David Back to the original question:
The obvious ups... Nov 1 2006, 01:13 AM lyford QUOTE (David @ Oct 31 2006, 06:13 PM) If ... Nov 2 2006, 04:40 PM nprev QUOTE (lyford @ Nov 2 2006, 08:40 AM) Thi... Nov 3 2006, 12:27 AM ngunn That link is in 'Opportunity', 'JGR-Pl... Nov 1 2006, 11:48 AM ustrax QUOTE (ngunn @ Nov 1 2006, 11:48 AM) That... Nov 2 2006, 05:35 PM ustrax QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 2 2006, 03:58 AM) D... Nov 3 2006, 05:22 PM AndyG Thanks to the link to the paper, ngunn. It's e... Nov 1 2006, 04:16 PM Aldebaran Can't get the song "Ground Control to Maj... Nov 2 2006, 11:46 PM Bill Harris QUOTE The psychological stress of being alone for ... Nov 3 2006, 01:57 AM PhilCo126 Although we all know that a Mars mission will have... Nov 7 2006, 09:17 PM climber You're right Phil. I'll add :
One small sh... Nov 7 2006, 09:35 PM |
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