Tourist Module - MoComments. Also a comment on the space pen which NASA did not pay to develop

Ryan Healey wrote:

> That might be possible although the doors are pretty big. But then again if
> the shuttle is inverted (as it always is after the roll) gravity could pull the
> doors down, you'd just need to seperate the doors from the craft which is
> easier then having to throw them clear.

;-)

Once the shuttle has left the ground it's in freefall
apart from engines and aerodynamics. The doors don't fall open.
The whole vehicle is falling at the same rate.

> --- Brett Sargeant wrote:

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