Great view of dropped camera drifting away

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:34:16 -0500, John Doe wrote:

Wouldn't astronauts, who get years of intensive training, have the
knowledge of what it is like to do an EVA and quickly be able to
associate any feelings they get with logical explanations they learned
and quickly become comfortable in space ?

I don't know. Some people are sorta "highly strung". On the upside,
I think they observe and internalize a lot more of their situations than I
do. That's probably a plus in many situations. I think I'm a tad dull-witted.
The steering wheel in my car is on the right side. Many people ask me
how I can adjust to that. It simply doesn't occur to me that it's strange
(for US roads). But I have friends who would have a panic attack over it.

Jerry Linenger probably has many attributes that made him an excellent
astronaut, and others that didn't (as possibly in an EVA situation). On
the other hand, I think I'd do fine on an EVA, but I doubt I'd cut it in
other essential areas. There must be an optimal balance between being
highly-strung, yet somewhat laid back at the same time

Dale

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:51:31 GMT, in a place far, far away,
(Dale) made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to
indicate that:

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:34:16 -0500, John Doe wrote:

Wouldn't astronauts, who get years of intensive training, have the
knowledge of what it is like to do an EVA and quickly be able to
associate any feelings they get with logical explanations they learned
and quickly become comfortable in space ?

I don't know. Some people are sorta "highly strung". On the upside,
I think they observe and internalize a lot more of their situations than I
do. That's probably a plus in many situations. I think I'm a tad dull-witted.
The steering wheel in my car is on the right side. Many people ask me
how I can adjust to that. It simply doesn't occur to me that it's strange
(for US roads).

It's dangerous, in that it makes it very hard to see to pass, or make
left turns. Not that I'd have a "panic attack" over it, but I'd
certainly prefer not to drive it. I've had to do the opposite in the
Caribbean, where they use American left-hand-drive cars, but drive on
the British side of the road. It's nervous making, particularly if
you don't have a passenger to tell you what's going on.