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Topic: Photo of the week 180 (April 12, 2008)
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heng44
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posted 04-12-2008 02:07 AM
   
 Rusty Schweickart is photographed aboard a helicopter, flying him and his Apollo 9 crewmates from the recovery ship USS Guadalcanal to Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. After a brief stopover there the crew boarded a NASA plane, which flew them to the mainland. Ed Hengeveld |
APG85
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posted 04-12-2008 07:46 AM
Neat picture. Always thought he should have flown again - maybe on Skylab... |
Delta7
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posted 04-12-2008 10:38 AM
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Originally posted by APG85:
Neat picture. Always thought he should have flown again - maybe on Skylab...
Supposedly Schweikart was originally slated to be Dave Scott's LMP (Backup Apollo 12/Apollo 15), but after his severe case of SAS on Apollo 9, NASA (i.e. Deke Slayton) changed their mind. |
uk spacefan
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posted 04-13-2008 06:02 AM
Ok, for those of us ignorant ones, what was the 'SAS' episode on Apollo 9? |
ApolloAlex
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posted 04-13-2008 06:37 AM
The episode From the Earth to the Moon series concerning Apollo 9 and the SAS that Rusty Schweickart suffered from is a acronym termed by NASA for Space Adaption Syndrome, basically space sickness, a number of Astronauts and Cosmonauts suffer from this space sickness while there body adapts to the weightless environment.Rusty Schweikart had his EVA cut short due to this SAS and was scrubbed for a while for fears of Rusty being ill while in his suit as it would cause him to suffocate while using the Apollo PLSS and A7L suit for the first time. And I have a question myself about Frank Borman's SAS it is known that while on Apollo 8 he suffered with the same problem but in 1970 he retired from NASA. Had he stayed and possibly stayed in the flight rotation would he have had another flight or would it have affected his chances like it did with Rusty's? I know it's another "What if" but I would like to hear anybodies ideas? Cheers,
Alex. ------------------
"Why dont you fix your little problem and light this Candle?" |
Delta7
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posted 04-13-2008 10:55 AM
I always thought Borman's case was one of the "24-hour flu" (he apparently also had a case of diarrhea, not normally associated with SAS).Had Borman wanted another flight, he might have been considered for Apollo 13 before Shepard became available, or for Apollo 17 after Mike Collins turned it down. He could also have taken over Skylab or commanded ASTP. I'm sure he would have gotten something. It's slightly conceivable he could even have stayed on as chief astronaut for the Shuttle and commanded STS-1 (he's only 2 years older than John Young), but 12.5 years between flights would seem a stretch for him. |
garymilgrom
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posted 04-14-2008 11:34 AM
Ed what's the symbol on the ear cup? To a car nut like me it looks like an upside down Maserati trident. |
uk spacefan
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posted 04-14-2008 12:51 PM
Thanks for clearing that up Alex - I wasn't aware that both Rusty Schweickart and Frank Borman suffered with space sickness.Pat |
heng44
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posted 04-14-2008 01:40 PM
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Originally posted by garymilgrom:
Ed what's the symbol on the ear cup? To a car nut like me it looks like an upside down Maserati trident.
Gary, it is probably a Neptune reference... Ed |
ea757grrl
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posted 06-03-2008 06:56 AM
That trident logo was associated with the Navy's antisubmarine helicopter squadron Three (HS-3), which performed the Apollo 9 recovery. HS-3's nickname was the Tridents.jodie |
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