Space Camp Page #4

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you will know the function

of every circuit on the shuttle.

You may never get

the chance to fly in it,

but it won't be

because you don't know how.

If you ever get to be astronauts,

you're going to thank us for

making you wear these jumpsuits

because they provide

ease of movement

and additional

storage space in orbit.

The cushions of air

the zero-gravity chair rides on

helps you simulate

the weightlessness

you'd experience during EVA--

extravehicular activity.

That's the work you'd be doing

outside the shuttle.

To work in space,

you have to know how to move in it.

Don't push off.

Nothing will stop you

unless you're acted upon

by an outside force.

Kathryn, it's your job as Pilot

to monitor all the on board systems

and feed that data to Kevin,

who, as Commander,

is in charge of the orbiter.

You can suit up

in your EMU in five minutes, Rudy,

once you get the hang of it.

EMU--that's extravehicular

mobility unit.

You're gonna need it to do

any activity in the vacuum of space.

Kathryn, give me the coordinates

of the space station at 0100 hours.

You have to call up whatever

information I ask for in a moment.

Split-second decisions are essential.

You're travelling

at 17,000 miles an hour.

There is no room for error.

You'll find your spacesuits

stored in the airlock.

You're on your own there

when you depressurize

as you prepare to move

from the cabin into the cargo bay.

Okay, Kathryn, now it's your turn

in the multi-axis trainer.

This is one of the most

critical tasks to master,

especially if you want to achieve

top ranking here

as a shuttle pilot.

Secure?

Okay, you have 30 seconds

to stabilize.

Here you go.

Thirty seconds.

All right, start it up.

If the shuttle is spinning when it

re-enters the earth's atmosphere,

the astronaut has

just seconds to stabilize

or he might enter a flat spin.

Keep your head centred.

Don't turn it right or left.

- Push your stick forward.

- I got it.

Fifteen seconds.

You're yawing to the right.

Turn it left.

Go right, right.

Come on, you can--

Come on, Kathryn.

You're not a passenger, you're a pilot.

- Fly it.

- I'm trying.

- You've got ten seconds.

- I'm going to be sick.

Come on.

Five seconds.

Come on, Kathryn, fly it.

Okay, shut it off.

I would have gotten it

in another minute.

Another minute, you would have

been burnt up on re-entry.

Come on and get out.

We're running late.

I can do it. You're just not

giving me a chance.

All right.

Five minutes, but that's all.

Come on, Kevin.

Okay, next I'm going to show you

how to strap yourselves

into our orbital exerciser.

- Rudy, you want to go first?

- Give me a hand.

A microgravity environment

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