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posted 01-02-2002 04:46 PM               

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Just a quick one,

What do Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon have the distinction of being the first humans to do in a vacumn ?

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posted 01-06-2002 01:15 AM               

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While it is true that they did create a little artificial gravity. I think the first thing that they did together in a vacuum is: fall asleep! Yes, during what was supposed to be a brief rest period on one of Dick Gordons space walks; both Conrad, and Gordon drifted off to sleep. I don't know for how long, but they both took at least a cat nap in a vacuum at 17,500 miles per hour. That is WITH the hatch open, with the cabin depressurised. I don't know if Gordon was in, or out, or partly in. But, they were both in a vacuum, when they fell asleep.

Ed

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posted 01-07-2002 01:09 AM               

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Thats the one Ed !

Well done !

Adam

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