Or is anybody worried by the shuttlepods?
This is something that has been seriously bothering me, but it is only now (since watching Shuttlepod 1), I've realised exactly what it is.
The shuttlepods aren't fit to grace a fairground ride, let alone get into space!
My prize exhibit is the door.
It is an unlined oven door, held on with a bit of piano hinge and held open with a couple of light gas struts. It also opens outwards.
It notably manages to miss useful features like locks, seals or anything else that might prevent the occupants leaking out into space.
I would also add that space is a jolly cold place to be. Because of this NASA lags its shuttles with serious amounts of insulation. The shuttlepods being unlined are going to require the sort of heating that makes steam pipes glow to counter this- Or perhaps they use infra-red and cook their inhabitants?
This is something that has been seriously bothering me, but it is only now (since watching Shuttlepod 1), I've realised exactly what it is.
The shuttlepods aren't fit to grace a fairground ride, let alone get into space!
My prize exhibit is the door.
It is an unlined oven door, held on with a bit of piano hinge and held open with a couple of light gas struts. It also opens outwards.
It notably manages to miss useful features like locks, seals or anything else that might prevent the occupants leaking out into space.
I would also add that space is a jolly cold place to be. Because of this NASA lags its shuttles with serious amounts of insulation. The shuttlepods being unlined are going to require the sort of heating that makes steam pipes glow to counter this- Or perhaps they use infra-red and cook their inhabitants?
