True, during EVA the astronaut would be outside the shadow of the shield but the radiation exposure would be acceptable since the EVA would be short and also
if they didn't get closer than the antenna module to the engine module.
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Posts: 8 (01/23/09 11:48:40) |
HAL would probably do the routine EVA's. He couldn't do the AE35 unit replacement EVA for obvious reasons.
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Posts: 98 (01/24/09 07:11:09) |
Interesting concept, I never thought of that. Of course in '68 the idea of computer contolled or even human controlled ROV's was never thought of so we
never saw it. But we do know from the movie that HAL could control the EVA pods so it seems logical that for simple retrieval or placement of experimental
packs outside the hull he could control a pod to do it and eliminate the risk to humans.
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Posts: 11 (01/25/09 20:13:13) |
I always assumed that the pod had to be parked away from the antenna assembly because of the risk of thruster damage to the fragile dishes. I have, however,
been curious about what appears to be vaguely anthropomorphic robot-like assemblies next to the suits in the pod bay. Were they intended to be remote repair
robots?
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Posts: 70 (03/10/09 12:01:43) |
You may be right about parking away from the dishes, but it always seemed to me that they could have parked a little closer to the curb. But then artistically,
there wouldn't have been much of a space walk, or a grand sense of scale...human, ships, space.
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