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[i]This is how an astronaut may look as he maneuvers in a spacecraft while in orbit or on future trips to the moon. The Boeing Company researcher isn't floating in space, however, but is carrying out an experiment underwater in a zero-gravity condition. The man and his equipment are what is called neutrally buoyant -- a condition similar to the weightlessness astronauts will experience in space. The underwater studies now being carried out in America provide one answer to the problem of testing a space vehicle -- short of an actual orbital flight -- to see if the design meets the needs of the men who will operate it under weightless conditions in space. Boeing's water test chamber is 15-ft deep, 19-ft long, and 14-ft wide. The chamber is the main research facility of Project OGER (0-Gravity Effects Research), and is big enough to handle mockups of many proposed space vehicles.[/i]
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