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Old November 13th 06, 06:31 PM posted to sci.space.history
Monte Davis Monte Davis is offline
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Default NASA Astronaut on Columbia Repair (and others)

Pat Flannery wrote:

you might have been jumping into a cloud of
hydrazine and UDMH, which wouldn't have helped your pressure suit or
parachute any.


Doubtful -- at almost any speed, any "cloud" is going to be left
behind very quickly indeed by denser chunks, including surviving
astronauts.

Monte Davis
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