Derek Lyons wrote:

Right. So long as the failure didn't involve screwing up some pretty
hairy prox ops. So long as the failure didn't involve getting caught
in an extending solar wing. Not to mention the fact that Discovery
has an airlock - the whole crew wasn't exposed to E/IVA risks. Not to
mention the Discovery crew has a nice safe ISS right next door...

Sorry, the Skylab 2 crew had much more at stake.


Wasn't the first EVA Paul Weitz hanging out the Apollo CSM hatch with
his legs held by Joe Kerwin. And while he's clearing debris Pete Conrad
was at the controls holding the Apollo steady and trying to dock?

-A.L.