[FPSPACE] About the diffuculty opening the hatch : Shenzhou 7

[jeoberg at comcast.net]

This is a good point to remind ourselves of the praiseworthy level of candor and openness exhibited [MOST of the time] by Chinese space officials on this mission and earlier ones. One backgrounder piece even discussed the long process of landing site selection and disclosed that the original mission orbital inclination had been set at 52 degrees, but had to be changed to 43 degrees for a safe landing zone. 

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From: "John Locker" <john at satcom.freeserve.co.uk> 

> Through the live broadcast of the mission, tens of millions of Chinese saw, 
> at around 4:40 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Sept. 27, Zhai Zhigang, strenuously 
> open the hatch of Shenzhou-7. 
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> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/06/content_10155776.htm 
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> This was covered in some detail in one of the flight briefings. 
> it came as a bit of a surprise just how difficult it was to open the hatch 
> prior to EVA and it is something that engineers are to study. 
> 
> John 
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> http://satcom.website.orange.co.uk/ 
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