Chapter 22. Extravehicular Activity Safety
Christine E. Stewart
Senior Extravehicular Activities Operations Safety Engineer, Science andApplications International Corporation, Houston, Texas
Contents
22.1 Extravehicular Activity Environment
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22.2 Suit Hazards
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22.3 Crew Hazards
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22.4 Conclusions
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22.1. Extravehicular Activity Environment
Designing hardware or experiments that are to be located or operated in an extravehicular environment requires understanding how materials and mechanisms react to the zero-
g thermal vacuum environments. Even when experiment hardware is not designed to interface with a crewmember engaged in extravehicular activity, there are very credible scenarios in which incidental contact during this activity is possible. ...
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