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I love hydrocarbons!
Just one thing bugging me about what Don said, the Apollo 11 astronauts had .45 calibre pistols? Take a look at the gloves from an Apollo 11 space suit, there is no way in heck they would have the dexterity to use a pistol, the fingers wouldn't even fit inside the trigger guard. One of the biggest problems thay face even now is allowing astronauts to conduct work involving delicate hand movements, even just installing a bolt with a wrench can be a long, and painfully tedious experience in a spacesuit. I just don't see it, that there would be any expectation that they would be able to use such a weapon while conducting any kind of E.V.A. seems kind of nonsensical to me.