Classic NASA Film - Skylab - #4

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Recommends robguinness · 2013-07 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “How does astronaut activity from within affect a spacecraft?”

This video [this video] may help to answer your question. Starting at about 00:24, you can see an astronaut running around the "exercise wheel" of Skylab (an early NASA space station program, which followed the Apollo moon landings). Basically after some time, NASA told the astronauts to stop running around like this because it was causing more propellants to be used to maintain Skylab's correct attitude (orientation) in space (at least this is what I've been told...it would be nice to find a reference to back this claim up). Anyways, the short answer is yes, an astronaut's physical activity within a spacecraft can absolutely affect its orientation and even its orbit. As to whether it is a large

Cites LocalFluff · 2016-11 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “Would pole dancing cure microgravity health issues?”

It is often suggested that gravity should be simulated by rotating the entire habitat module of astronauts in microgravity. But wouldn't pole dancing be enough? The individual astronaut swinging around a pole stick, like a daring strip dancer/acrobat holding on to it with her hands while throwing herself around it with her body at 90 degree angle to it. An astronaut could maybe swing like this in a sleeping bag, or while doing some exercise. With minimal design requirements for the spacecraft. Wouldn't this be enough for the bodily fluids to learn about in what ends the head and the bottom are? We've got an example of a Skylab pole-artistronaut right here [this video] : [LINK]

Cites zephyr0110 · 2019-02 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “Creating your own artificial gravity by running. (Part 1 - the basic idea)”

In this Sky Lab [this video] video, one can actually see astronaut excercise in same way as you proposed. But, Suppose an astronaut jogs at about $2.5 m/s$ then by the centrifugal acceleration $$v^2/r$$ assuming, 6 m diameter of module, one gets slightly larger than $2 m/s^2$ acceleration. Which is much smaller than acceleration of $9.8m/s^2$ we are used to. Rather I think it will be much simpler and space efficient to use some waist belt to pull astronaut to treadmill for leg excercise.

Cites user12102 · 2019-03 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “Did NASA tell the Skylab astronauts to "Stop running around!"?”

This answer [LINK] to the question starts with: This video [this video] may help to answer your question. Starting at about 00:24, you can see an astronaut running around the "exercise wheel" of Skylab (an early NASA space station program, which followed the Apollo moon landings). Basically after some time, NASA told the astronauts to stop running around like this because it was causing more propellants to be used to maintain Skylab's correct attitude (orientation) in space ( at least this is what I've been told...it would be nice to find a reference to back this claim up ). Are there any references to back this up? Did NASA tell the Skylab astronauts to "Stop running around!" due to excessive us

Cites user12102 · 2019-03 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “Why did Skylab have a thick blue flexible cord running down its central axis?”

After watching the video below (found here [LINK] and here [LINK] and here [LINK] ) I am reminded of the series of possibly less than 100% serious questions here about being weightless in the middle of a large volume and considering the options for reaction masses to get to the side and grab hold of something. In the video I noticed that there is a central cord or rope to hold on to, possibly for this very reason, or possibly it had a different function as well. What was this for? Gotta love the vintage music track, one of the zillion instances of the Amen Break [LINK] (original heard after 01:26 in The Winstons - Amen Brother [LINK] ).

Cites user12102 · 2019-03 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “What's the longest time that an astronaut remained in free fall?”

After watching the video below (found here [LINK] and here [LINK] ) I am reminded of the series of possibly less than 100% serious questions here about being weightless in the middle of a large volume and considering the options for reaction masses to get to the side and grab hold of something. In the video I noticed that there is a central cord or rope to hold on to, possibly for this very reason (see Why did Skylab have a thick blue flexible cord running down its central axis? [LINK] ). Question: Is there some official or unofficial record for the longest time that an anstronaut remained in free fall, not holding on to or being secured by or pushed/nudged/impulsed by anything? This could b

Cites user12102 · 2019-05 · Space Exploration Stack Exchange · on “How many times would two astronauts have to run around Skylab to turn it by 10 arc minutes?”

This answer [LINK] to the question starts with: This video [this video] may help to answer your question. Starting at about 00:24, you can see an astronaut running around the "exercise wheel" of Skylab (an early NASA space station program, which followed the Apollo moon landings). Basically after some time, NASA told the astronauts to stop running around like this because it was causing more propellants to be used to maintain Skylab's correct attitude (orientation) in space ( at least this is what I've been told...it would be nice to find a reference to back this claim up ). From this answer [LINK] which shows the following screen shot from page 120 in this large, 436 page PDF of NASA Technical M