Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pacbell!att!ihlpl!knudsen From: knudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Launch Window question Summary: The Right (Natural Functions) Stuff Message-ID: <6806@ihlpl.ATT.COM> Date: 20 Sep 88 19:18:57 GMT References: <15019@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <2234@ssc-vax.UUCP> <1897@kalliope.rice.edu> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 7 In article <1897@kalliope.rice.edu>, phil@titan.rice.edu (William LeFebvre) writes: > hour crew constraint (the crew is not allowed to sit in the orbiter more > than three hours after the window opens for fear of fatigue, boredom, > muscle cramps, and certain natural functions---see below). There are also This whole problem was rather thoroughly documented in _The Right Stuff_, where Alan Shepard received a "go" to go -- while still on the pad. Soiled his spacesuit. Funniest part of the movie, just couldn't resist.