tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post1646044197134346149..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Man in SpaceBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-85878552025598236992009-12-12T14:42:57.884+00:002009-12-12T14:42:57.884+00:00Rubbish, Bryan, the only McCandless is John Wayne....Rubbish, Bryan, the only McCandless is John Wayne.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-50136524849904548152009-12-12T07:47:52.461+00:002009-12-12T07:47:52.461+00:00Fantastic picture, but ive searched and searched f...Fantastic picture, but ive searched and searched for a pic of what Bruce McCandless is seeing from his camera on his suit.<br /><br />I seem to remember that this way part of the Imax "dream is alive" doc?Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-68977883512031589822009-12-11T11:00:48.669+00:002009-12-11T11:00:48.669+00:00Aha! Tom, I fully agree.
Vertiginous is right, ev...Aha! Tom, I fully agree.<br /><br />Vertiginous is right, even though there's no Down. Even from here, the idea of letting go of the spacecraft causes wee butterflies.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-67854027140713492009-12-10T16:43:33.191+00:002009-12-10T16:43:33.191+00:00It is a great picture. The sharpness of the astro...It is a great picture. The sharpness of the astronaut combined with the blurriness of the horizon caused by the Earth's atmosphere adds to the beauty. <br /><br />It must be amazing to be floating out there with the Earth directly below. Not a place for people with vertigo.Tom P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05638283790763940692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-44271990525680641402009-12-10T13:41:35.659+00:002009-12-10T13:41:35.659+00:00I'm glad he's almost upright. I always tho...I'm glad he's almost upright. I always thought Star Trek was wrong to show orbiting sideways on. <br /><br />He looks more like a robot which, considering the danger, makes me think, why not use a robot?! Is the human element important to the task, to boldly go etc.? Is the human element cheaper? Possibly both, I suppose.<br /><br />It's wonderful but you wouldn't get me up there.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-78670460218835459582009-12-10T12:31:04.400+00:002009-12-10T12:31:04.400+00:00I don't have a collection of space pictures at...I don't have a collection of space pictures at hand, but I recall most fondly pictures of the earth that led me to think, "Oh, wow, it looks just like it does on a map." Oh, yeah, that's right.Ken Pidcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236539087094493564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-14123700415291253992009-12-10T10:57:41.875+00:002009-12-10T10:57:41.875+00:00I don't know. Perhaps this has a better compos...I don't know. Perhaps this has a better composition but I think the pictures from the Apollo missions are hard to beat. I love the extremes of contrast in those photos, the glimpses of the earth in the visors, the patches of gold thermal insulation...Willardnoreply@blogger.com