re: Why use a pod at all?

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re: Why use a pod at all?

Raoul — 1/8/2007 6:28:23 PM (archived)

I've been wondering what the 3 pods were doing inside Discovery 1 ?

Bowman's and Poole's spacewalks towards the central antenna could have been done without anyone of the space pods....

A spacewalk entirely along the skeleton of Discovery would have been spectacular pictures!

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2001 A Space Odyssey question - Delbert - 1/7/2007 8:03:40 PM
- re: And the docking hatches?? - Raoul - 1/13/2007 9:09:59 AM
- Clearly HAL was a Windows based system... (n/t) - R.L. - 1/13/2007 12:41:47 AM
  - And What was SAL? - carl - 1/13/2007 3:45:54 PM
    - re: Candice - Raoul - 1/13/2007 4:50:00 PM
      - Correct!!!!!! - CARL - 1/13/2007 5:16:03 PM
- re: 2001 A Space Odyssey question - Delbert - 1/11/2007 5:46:54 AM
  - It is perfect as is. - alcaray - 1/12/2007 8:42:06 AM
  - re: Perfectible these ways (a few examples) ... - Raoul - 1/11/2007 8:44:14 PM
  - re: The movie is indeed perfectible in many ways! - Raoul - 1/11/2007 6:41:51 AM
- One glaring FLAW.............. - carl - 1/8/2007 6:07:40 PM
  - Portable MMU - TB - 1/9/2007 6:17:46 PM
  - re: Why use a pod at all? - Raoul - 1/8/2007 6:28:23 PM
    - The mission - TB - 1/12/2007 5:07:06 PM
    - More movie nostalgia: Outland - Fox - 1/12/2007 4:50:05 AM
    - I have the greatest confidence in this mission - Peter Bruener - 1/11/2007 6:48:09 AM
    - Why use the Velcro shoes? - Delbert - 1/11/2007 5:36:35 AM
    - good question. ;-) (n/t) - podrock - 1/8/2007 8:16:53 PM
    - Discovery BIG!!!! - carl - 1/8/2007 7:35:31 PM
      - re: So is ISS!! - Raoul - 1/8/2007 8:37:29 PM
        
        2010 had a Rocket MMU - carl - 1/8/2007 11:37:21 PM
- re: 2001 A Space Odyssey question - ER - 1/7/2007 10:50:29 PM
  - just for the record, coupla more inaccuracies: - Daniel - 1/8/2007 2:34:32 AM
  - Not all the viewers were technically sophisticated. - Mary Anne - 1/8/2007 2:10:08 AM
- re: 2001 A Space Odyssey question - TB - 1/7/2007 10:07:23 PM
  - re: 2001 A Space Odyssey question - Fox - 1/8/2007 3:02:07 AM
    - re: Tech advances - TB - 1/8/2007 4:19:54 AM
- re: Early or late 2001 - Raoul - 1/7/2007 8:21:03 PM
  - Saturn - Delbert - 1/7/2007 11:30:16 PM
    - re: Saturn - TB - 1/8/2007 2:00:16 AM
      - Silent Running - LJK - 1/10/2007 3:14:38 PM
        
        re: Silent Running - TB - 1/12/2007 4:57:44 PM
        
        re: Silent Running - Fox - 1/13/2007 3:09:03 AM
        
        re: Kubrick was right and Trumbull wrong about Saturn - Raoul - 1/10/2007 5:28:43 PM
  - re: Early or late 2001 - ER - 1/7/2007 10:53:38 PM
  - Humans going to jupiter - Buck Galaxy - 1/7/2007 8:51:31 PM

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