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Need personal accounts of Soyuz entry experiences
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" writes:
And as far as I know there has been no voice recording and no voice radio transmission from Soyuz 11. So: no screams to listen. Good. Well given the method of death, screams are extremely unlikely. In all likelihood they never knew what was happening to them. Since they tried to locate and close the valve (but only managed to close it partly) it seems they knew quite well what was happening... Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
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On Fri, 04 May 2007 12:09:22 -0500, Jim Oberg wrote:
Need personal accounts of Soyuz entry experiences Does anybody have any good links to personal spacefarer accounts of what it FEELS like to come back to Earth in a Soyuz? I've found a number of good on-orbit diaries and 'letters home' but they all seem to end with a brief, 'then we landed', kind of terminal sentence. I'd like to find some personal accounts of the human experience -- sights, sounds, pressures, even smells of the process. Help, please -- for a feature article. JimO I seem to recall having read some good descriptions by Mike Shuttleworth and posted on the internet. Sorry, I do not have any links. Norman |
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"Jim Oberg" writes:
Mike, this is great -- the best account so far!! Thank you!! There's an account from Anousheh Ansari of what happens *after* reentry on her blog: http://spaceblog.xprize.org/2006/10/05/second-birth/ Quote: "Before descent, Jeff reminded me to make sure I moved slowly upon landing and to keep my head steady... This helps with the vestibular system’s readjustment to gravity. I followed his instruction and made sure that I did not make any sudden movements. The head of the Training Center handed me an apple that looked appetizing but as soon as I started to take a bite someone from the medical team started shaking his head telling me not to eat it... I guess he was worried that it would make me feel sick. I waited a while but the apple looked too good to give up so I started taking small bites." I quite sure to remember reading something from her about the actual reentry back then, but I can't find it now. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
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"Jochem Huhmann" wrote in message ... I quite sure to remember reading something from her about the actual reentry back then, but I can't find it now. From the Soyuz Flight Attendant Manual (translation to russian outsourced to China): "Please to be remembering the fate of John Glenn when there be streaming flaming chucks of cabin outside viewport." |
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