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Space is no walk in the park. You could only go outside if you have been properly trained, and you are accompanied by an experienced crewmember. Guests would have to wear their spacesuits to take this walk around the hotel. ---- Answer provided by Robert T. Bigelow Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

The shortest journey into space is a sub-orbital hop where a spacecraft goes up and down in an arc trajectory, like a ball flying through the air (this when the rocket is not powerful enough to reach orbit). The first sub-orbital hop was by astronaut Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard on May 5, 1961. His sub-orbital mission lasted 15 minutes, with only a few minutes in space. In the present day ...

Astronauts do train for their extra vehicular activity (EVA) spacewalks by practicing underwater. They do not need to know how to swim though, because they are in their spacesuits breathing air and just move around by riding the Shuttle robotic arm or by climbing hand over hand along handholds on the side of the Space Station. Private spaceflight training will probably not involve underwater ...

Original plans called for as many as eight. The number now, two, relates more to the financial cost of an astronaut's Shuttle trip, which is roughly $200 million, than to the actual physical characteristics of the ISS. If desired, some additional residential volume could be added. ---- Answer provided by Thomas Rogers & Russell Romanella Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and ...

The astronauts actually have different kinds of spacesuits. On the Space Shuttle they have a spacesuit used for launch and entry that can provide them breathable air without all the bulk. But when doing spacewalks or walks on the Moon the crewmembers have to wear the bigger heavier suits because these maintain pressure all around their bodies, and that is very important. ---- Answer provided by ...

Oxygen is normally stored as a liquid for compactness due to the space limitation within the EVA suits. The EVA suits are designed for eight hours duration and astronauts normally do not spend more than about six hours outside doing an EVA. Also, there is emergency O2 available for a possible leak in the suit. ---- Answer provided by Lonnie Moffitt & Russell Romanella Image:K2S ...

While it is too soon to tell exactly how a private space mission will be conducted, it would seem that free floating should be a part of the experience. ---- Answer provided by Byron Lichtenberg, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www ...

Food can float around in space like anything else, so we eat it very carefully. We eat from plastic pouches, in which we cut small slits, and we often eat slightly sticky foods so that they will stick together and stick to our forks. We don't have to strap ourselves down to eat, but it certainly helps ---- Answer provided by Charles Camarda, Ph.D. & Nicholas Patrick, Ph.D. & Dr. ...

On short missions astronauts often get only five or six hours of sleep a night. This is probably due to a variety of factors, such as a busy schedule, and the adaptation to spaceflight. On longer duration missions they can get six to eight hours of sleep a night, depending on the person. ---- Answer provided by Dr. Jay C. Buckey, Jr. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer ...

You can put a little ball of water on the bristles and then suck the bristles dry. ---- Answer provided by Dr. Jay C. Buckey, Jr. & Dr. John Hatcher Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www.apogeebooks.com/Books/For%20Kids/KidstoSpace. ...

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