Aug 15 1970
From The Space Library
North American Rockwell Corp. had begun, testing world's largest known rotational machine under NASA contract to evaluate human performance in rotating environment, New York Times re ported. Four-man crew would live in machine for one week and perform mechanical chores and decision-reaction tests in LaRC study, to approximate conditions in space stations of late 1970s. Bullet-shaped crew module 12 m (40 ft) long rotated at 4 rpm, which as best approximation of space station obtainable, according to NR Program Manager, Dr. James A. Green. (Wilford, NYT, 8/15/70)
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