MSFC_v_bw_o_n (M61-2618-9)
A MSFC test subject/engineer tests the use of some common terrestrial/household/garage tools, while standing on a crude plywood low-friction air-cushion platform, to ascertain the action-reaction challenges astronauts might face with similar tasks in a weightless environment. Old-fashioned rope, tied to his harness and anchored above, appears to be the safety/fall prevention mechanism - PRECIOUS.
He appears to be working up quite a sweat, note the condensate in the immediate vicinity of his nose/mouth...I hope his air conditioning/cooling unit is working properly. And by the looks of the form-fitting nature of the suit, along with it being quite pressurized, he's probably fighting its resistance just as much as any 'action' induced 'reaction' of the air table platform he's standing on.
The triangular outline and the checkerboard pattern behind the stern looking fellow in the background may be part of a Saturn I interstage adapter?
8" x 10.5".
MSFC_v_bw_o_n (M61-2618-9)
A MSFC test subject/engineer tests the use of some common terrestrial/household/garage tools, while standing on a crude plywood low-friction air-cushion platform, to ascertain the action-reaction challenges astronauts might face with similar tasks in a weightless environment. Old-fashioned rope, tied to his harness and anchored above, appears to be the safety/fall prevention mechanism - PRECIOUS.
He appears to be working up quite a sweat, note the condensate in the immediate vicinity of his nose/mouth...I hope his air conditioning/cooling unit is working properly. And by the looks of the form-fitting nature of the suit, along with it being quite pressurized, he's probably fighting its resistance just as much as any 'action' induced 'reaction' of the air table platform he's standing on.
The triangular outline and the checkerboard pattern behind the stern looking fellow in the background may be part of a Saturn I interstage adapter?
8" x 10.5".