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| From | Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit |
| Date | 2016-02-16 17:20 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <dihsnbF3pitU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <2366abdc-80e5-468c-a9af-2da2d0cad29e@googlegroups.com> |
Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> wrote: >I'm curious about some technical aspects - is it really possible to >orbit Mercury at all, stably I mean, or would I inevitably get sucked >into a solar orbit, a crash on Mercury, or the Sun itself? If I *could* >stick to Mercury, is it possible to stay in darkness? (I'm pretty sure >not.) One of the LaGrange points (quick google: L2) is behind Mercury, but I can't tell if it would be far enough out that you'd still see the large sun AROUND Mercury. > How would I actually die? Stuff like that. But yes, I do know >where rec.arts.sf.science is. Most Apollo generation suits achieved cooling by venting air out (past sweaty body or limbs first) of wrist or ankle vents. So you'd probably die from running out of air. Suits are generally pretty silvery, so that should cut down a large amount of the insolation you're receiving. I don't think you'd get failure of plastic or rubber bits in the heat, followed by pressure failure. >So this post is mainly a pseudo-YASID. Where else besides <A Stone in >Heaven> and, I suppose, the movie <Gravity> do people actually go >meaningful distances in spacesuits? How does that work? (I mean, how'd >I *get* to Mercury without exhausting my air?) For that matter, how >much is there about other ways to visit Mercury inadequately prepared, >and what happens next? Suited people riding on framework "space sleds" are pretty common in SF. You've probably got a major spaceship somewhere near and were using the sled to accomplish some local mission. > >And above all, what is there in written science fiction that conveys the >sheer terror of space in a spacesuit even as well as <Gravity> does, let >alone better? <A Stone in Heaven> certainly doesn't go there. "Dutchman! Dutchman!" An attempted murder in one of the Honor Harrington books involves sabotaging a suit's motors to send the user off beyond the limits of her short-range radio. This happens often enough ot have a standard emergency phrase to cover the situation, though the odds of recovery are generally not good. The wild gyrations before her suit motor runs out of fuel leave her stomach contents across her visor, so she cannot even see where she's going. -- We are geeks. Resistance is voltage over current.
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A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-02-16 08:42 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-02-16 17:20 -0700
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-02-16 17:39 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-02-16 23:39 -0600
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-02-17 03:49 -0600
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit "a425couple" <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2016-02-16 19:34 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-02-16 20:33 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Butch Malahide <fred.galvin@gmail.com> - 2016-02-16 18:42 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-02-17 17:36 +0000
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-02-16 22:14 -0500
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit hamish.laws@gmail.com - 2016-02-16 19:26 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-02-16 19:39 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-02-16 21:24 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-02-22 22:41 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-02-16 23:46 -0600
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-02-18 22:58 -0500
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-18 20:51 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit "a425couple" <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2016-02-16 19:56 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-17 00:47 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-02-17 02:13 -0700
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-17 11:18 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit "a425couple" <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2016-02-17 13:55 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-02-18 01:58 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-02-18 09:48 -0700
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-02-18 23:04 -0500
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-02-19 02:20 -0800
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-02-19 23:30 -0600
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2016-03-14 18:38 -0700
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-03-14 20:28 -0600
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-03-18 11:45 -0400
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-03-18 16:13 +0000
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-03-18 09:48 -0700
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-03-18 09:57 -0700
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2016-03-18 19:48 +0100
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-03-18 12:10 -0700
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Steve Coltrin <spcoltri@omcl.org> - 2016-03-21 19:20 -0600
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-22 15:16 -0500
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-03-22 14:12 -0700
Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit Steve Coltrin <spcoltri@omcl.org> - 2016-03-24 10:48 -0600
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