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Old May 19th 06, 11:19 PM posted to sci.space.station,sci.space.history
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Right -- as if Jack Lousma hadn't piloted the backpack maneuvering unit
around the in side of Skylab in, oh, about August 1973.

NASA either start getting some good out of its history office
and stop making such ignorant 'first ever' claims, that only insult
the achievements of past generations.



International Space Station Status Report: SS06-024
Friday May 19, 5:52 pm ET

WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In space this week, a satellite flew
within a satellite. International Space Station Flight Engineer Jeff
Williams "piloted" a unique spacecraft in three dimensions for the first
time around the pressurized Destiny module. The demonstration tested the
basics of formation flight and autonomous docking that could be useful in
future multiple spacecraft formation flying.


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Old May 20th 06, 12:55 AM posted to sci.space.station,sci.space.history
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"Jim Oberg" wrote:

Right -- as if Jack Lousma hadn't piloted the backpack maneuvering unit
around the in side of Skylab in, oh, about August 1973.


Did Jack Lousma pilot the backpack unit manned or as an ROV?

NASA either start getting some good out of its history office
and stop making such ignorant 'first ever' claims, that only insult
the achievements of past generations.

International Space Station Status Report: SS06-024
Friday May 19, 5:52 pm ET

WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In space this week, a satellite flew
within a satellite. International Space Station Flight Engineer Jeff
Williams "piloted" a unique spacecraft in three dimensions for the first
time around the pressurized Destiny module. The demonstration tested the
basics of formation flight and autonomous docking that could be useful in
future multiple spacecraft formation flying.


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Old May 20th 06, 04:19 AM posted to sci.space.station,sci.space.history
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Derek Lyons wrote:
Right -- as if Jack Lousma hadn't piloted the backpack maneuvering unit
around the in side of Skylab in, oh, about August 1973.


Did Jack Lousma pilot the backpack unit manned or as an ROV?


Manned. Several types of maneuvering units were tested inside Skylab,
both in shirtsleeves and in spacesuits.
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Old May 20th 06, 02:36 PM posted to sci.space.station,sci.space.history
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"Satellite within a satellite"

Can anyone say Transit !

It had a little ball inside which was protected from air resitance by
the satellite, and the satelite maneuvred to keep the ball in the
middle.

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Carsten Nielsen
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Old May 20th 06, 02:37 PM posted to sci.space.station,sci.space.history
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"Satellite within a satellite"

Can anyone say Transit !

It had a little ball inside which was protected from air resitance by
the satellite, and the satelite maneuvred to keep the ball in the
middle.

Regards

Carsten Nielsen
Denmark

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Old May 20th 06, 07:48 PM posted to sci.space.station,sci.space.history
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"Carsten Nielsen" wrote:

"Satellite within a satellite"

Can anyone say Transit !

It had a little ball inside which was protected from air resitance by
the satellite, and the satelite maneuvred to keep the ball in the
middle.


Except the (IIRC) DISCOS was a component of the larger bird - and an
inert ball. Lousma's backpack and the current ROV are independent
systems and decidely non-inert.

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Old May 20th 06, 09:21 PM posted to sci.space.station,sci.space.history
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"Jim Oberg" wrote:

The wording is ambiguous as to what they are claiming.


Not to me it wasn't - it was pretty clear they were claiming the first
flight of a 'unique craft', to wit: an ROV.

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