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Escape from Icarus 1 to 2. This nags me to no end.

posted 9 years ago by Pseudoephedrine
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NASA going back to the 1960s had 'inflatable escape bubbles' made. It's exactly as shown in the picture, small/inflatable
bubbles, where a person can go inside/zip up and at the mercy of someone outside (in a space suit): Drag them to safety.

http://tribe-images.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/7e5/cee/7e5cee3c-20c1-4fdf-bb34-4d32479c209f

These are small/easy to stow away and are on ALL NASA/International flight vessels/stations.

Who knows, it would have been different/original and not "2001-ish" with the non-space suit blasting into space to Icarus 2.

...and that computer voice is annoying as hell.

[–] yurenchu 9 years ago

Interesting design, but can you give us some proof that this is more than just some fancy idea that never went into production or past the prototype-phase? For example, can you tell us what's the official name for these "inflatable escape bubbles"? And which is the first space mission that had these bubbles onboard?

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[–] mikebos 9 years ago

The only existence of the phrase "inflatable escape bubble" on all of google is this page, which is a fantasy item invented by sci-fi and gaming fans.

http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/printthread.php?t=19717&pp=10&page=3

That photo you link to is sourced from here, where the kid claims he has a "manual from the 80's for the space shuttle". There's no such thing.

http://people.tribe.net/shadoan/photos/7e5cee3c-20c1-4fdf-bb34-4d32479c209f

I used to publish the launch program for KSC, which means that I wrote and edited tons of articles and interviews with the astronauts & engineers at NASA about their jobs, equipment, etc. This fantastical item was never mentioned.