Posted by Nick on
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--- In [hidden email], Karl Heidenreich <karlfredshado@y...>
wrote:
> The difference of gravity doesn't seem to give humans a special
capavility but to do longer or higher jumps as those seen on TV by
the Apollo crews.

Hi Karl

I read Andrew Chaikin's excellent book, "A Man on the Moon" and in
it he explains that the lack of mobility for the astronauts was due
to the suits being pressurised and stiff, and that even in 1/6th
gravity, the bulk of the suit and the backpacks affected movement.
However, there is the clip of John Young leaping up about 3' into
the air and saluting to show the lesser gravity.

> The question in that chapter was HOW Foster and the alien put the
end of the cable between the rocks on the other side of the ravine
without being they there first?

The only explanations I can find is either the alien rifle can be
adapted to throw a grappling hook or that Foster had a small
launcher in one of his suit pouches for the same purpose.

Nick