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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Thursday, June 26, 2003 ::
Same Day, Different Station OK, so it may not seem as cool to some as Mindi interviewing Ed Lu on Station, but I just got to talk to Dr. Joe Kerwin, a member of the first crew of Skylab. Very, very cool. He was extremely nice and very helpful. I called him to get information about a pair of NASAexplores articles, one about SAFER, the new EVA jetpack that he helped design, the other, natch, about Skylab. We're doing a story later this summer about the 30th anniversary of Skylab (which is basically May through February), tying it in also to ISS as a successor to that project. However, I ran into an interesting situation when I asked him what his impressions, as a member of the Skylab crew, are of ISS. He had little kind to say about the current Station, arguing that it is too big, and that something smaller would have been a more effective resource, since it would require less expense, operational manpower, fuel, etc.