I saw the suit diagrams on the AMSAT site. Sounds like a great idea
for any number of different payloads. SAT in the can so to speak. Any
clarification on the any previous Russian "launches"? Rich:
wrote in message
oups.com...
AW&ST (4-11-05) carries on intersting short article about using a
old
worn out Orlan space suit as a pressurized platform for student
experiments aboard the ISS. They are studying the hand release of
the
suit by crewmemebers sometime in 2006. the article states that
photos
of a spread-eagle suit floating away would be quite a sight The
article goes on to say that "there is some speculation" that
cosmonauts
already have photos showing this "similar suit recycling" being
done
aboard Mir. No information on when these photos, if they exist,
may
have been taken. Wonder if we have ground based confirmation of
this
"speculation" Rich


The concept of a "Suit Sat" was presented at the AMSAT's 2004 Space
Symposium and Annual Meeting at Arlington Virginia (October 8 - 10)
by the
AMSAT's international support group for ISS Alpha.

G. Beat
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