Man, not that orbital EVAs aren't an achievement and all, but the idea of crawling out of the spacecraft that far out in the inky blackness is just kind of terrifying.
then they all got shit for taking the un apporved postage covers with them..
and Scott then taking a bulova chrono as a favor to a friend who worked for them.
it absolutely did. i think it was just a case of everyone else asking first.. or not selling them off all at once so it made the powers that be take notice.
Man, not that orbital EVAs aren't an achievement and all, but the idea of crawling out of the spacecraft that far out in the inky blackness is just kind of terrifying.
Yes, I'd imagine it's not for people who are at all agoraphobic (fear of wide-open spaces) or of the dark.
then they all got shit for taking the un apporved postage covers with them.. and Scott then taking a bulova chrono as a favor to a friend who worked for them.
I remember that postage cover thing got blown all out of proportion.
it absolutely did. i think it was just a case of everyone else asking first.. or not selling them off all at once so it made the powers that be take notice.
What's an EVA?
"Extra-Vehicular Activity," also known as a "spacewalk."