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Topic: Orion: Design and operation of crew hatch
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Headshot Member Posts: 1221 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 10-13-2015 07:05 AM
Recent pictures of astronauts practicing exit procedures from an Orion spacecraft show the crew hatch's hinge located on the right-hand side of the opening (as viewed from the outside looking in). Yet the hinges were on the left side for the Apollo command module. Does anyone know why NASA went from Apollo's right-to-left to Orion's left-to-right opening? |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3604 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-14-2015 05:28 PM
It was the way the coin landed. |
Headshot Member Posts: 1221 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 10-15-2015 12:24 PM
And here I thought it might be the couch layout inside the cockpit, ergonomic considerations, a sudden preponderance of left-handed astronauts, etc. |
Glint Member Posts: 1116 From: New Windsor, Maryland USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 10-15-2015 02:14 PM
I wonder if it might affect whether or not the commander could be chosen to exit before or after the others. No wait, that's only for inward opening hatches! |
Headshot Member Posts: 1221 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 10-15-2015 03:32 PM
The exit order from the spacecraft might also depend on whether the commander is from the U.S. Navy. |