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Re: A Dream: Mercury in a Spacesuit

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"Joe Bernstein" <joe@sfbooks.com> wrote in message...
> So I've been having this recurring dream lately and I'm curious about 
> some questions related to it.
> The dream involves me in a spacesuit (conveniently ignoring the usual 
> physical discomforts) in orbit around the planet Mercury.  I'm near, 
> possibly tethered to, the vehicle that got me there, which is basically 
> just an open framework that connected me to a rocket or some such.  It's 
> pretty obvious that I'm doomed, but just how - boiling in the sunlight, 
> frying in the actual Sun, or simply awaiting suffocation - is less 
> clear, and anyway I always wake up before it happens ---- 

> I'm curious about some technical aspects - is it really possible to 
> orbit Mercury at all, stably I mean, 

Sure, that would be fine & stable. 
Besides looking at this source, see the graphic and note 
the "sunshade"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MESSENGER

> and, I suppose, the movie <Gravity> do people actually go 
> meaningful distances in spacesuits?  How does that work?  

A standard 'space suit' perhaps is " Each EMU has two oxygen tanks 
(similar to scuba diving tanks) that work with a carbon dioxide 
removal system to allow a 6 to 8.5 hour spacewalk." 
But that EVA 'sled' of yours could carry a lot more!! 

>   (The reason I'm 
> *having* the dream right about now is probably that I'm unemployed 
> during what's normally my most employable time of the year, but anyway.)
> Joe Bernstein, tax preparer and writer                 <joe@sfbooks.com>

Best of luck and good wishes to you, 
seems like there should still be time to find that work.

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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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