Which nation has the tallest astronaut on the next Shuttle?

[Taro Toporific]

Guess which nation has the tallest astronaut on the next Space Shuttle going on the twelve day mission to the International Space Station?
Via AFP/Getty, 9 Jul 2005 12:00 AM
Here's the six member crew lined up. Fr0m left to right, are: Andrew Thomas (US), James Kelly (US, Pilot), Japan's Soichi 'Big-boy' Noguchi, Charles Camarda (US), Wendy Lawerence (US), US Stephen Robinson (US), and US Eileen Collins (US, Commander).

[Taro Toporific]

... Japan's Soichi 'Big-boy' Noguchi,

AFP/Getty, CAPE CANAVERAL, FL: Space Shuttle Discovery mission specialist Soichi Noguchi of Japan addresses the media after the Discovery crew arrived via a Gulfstream Jet at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility ...Discovery is scheduled to launch Wednesday July 13, 2005 and will be the first shuttle to launch since Columbia.

[Buraku]

astronauts who get to contend for shuttle tend to be small, with low-weight have litttle body fat

Why because it cost u $25,000 per kilogram to get into space

Is Bush still thinking of sending a shuttle to Mars ?

[Tsuru]

Not only that, but smaller people can sustain higher G's for longer periods of time, simple because of the smaller distance from the heart to the brain. That's why fighter pilots are a short bunch for the most part :P

[Greji]

Not only that, but smaller people can sustain higher G's for longer periods of time, simple because of the smaller distance from the heart to the brain. That's why fighter pilots are a short bunch for the most part :P

I think that size is more a space issue in the shuttle and space missions. That a pilot must be short was a much touted theory for many years, but the reason for most of the short pilot stories was that when cockpits became almost capsulized, the maximum sitting posture a pilot could have was 42 inches. The reason was simply up to the early jets you had to sit on your parachute and any taller than 42 you did not fit in the cockpit. You were actually measured during your induction physical (been there, done that and got the Tshirt) That went out after Korea and you see many gun fighter type pilots now over six feet. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Dick Meyers is 6' 3" and he drove F4's in Vietnam.

[Buraku]

Shuttle lifted off, flying into Space


but as soon as it was back it stared falling apart,
bit of debris fell off it, and lumps of foam crumbled away



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4719847.stm





events were captured in onboard video and the agency says it now needs to consider their significance.
In one case, a heatshield tile seems to have been affected on the underside of the shuttle.

[Buraku]

All the Space junkies are happy to be back in zero gravity

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ShuttleReturn/wireStory?id=985246


"We have got to go take a look at this, and we have got to go find a solution to this problem. And we will," shuttle program manager Bill Parsons said.

[Buraku]

Can Soichi Noguchi of Japan



become a martyr for Space Ramen Ram It(tm)

http://fuckedgaijin.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12816
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/food-05j.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a.DD5ONVF4yE&refer=us
NASA is grounding its shuttle fleet after cameras showed foam insulation appeared to break off the shuttle Discovery during its launch into space
but a Shuttle is still stuck up in Space

Soichi Noguchi , the American astronauts and an Aussie
may have to remain in Space forever while NASA brass try to figure out how not to make a Shuttle Explode

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9758&highlight=

Can Soviet Supreme save us ??

[kurohinge1]

Surrender !

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi ... more