spaceflight, 4 months ago #NASA had designed the #SpaceShuttle hatch 🚪 to open outward. It was a relatively simple procedure, requiring little physical force, as the hatch opened into the vacuum of #OuterSpace. Overmyer was clearly concerned. So he put #DuctTape on the hatch as a stop-gap. The next day, Wang did receive permission to work on the experiment, and he eventually got it working. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/solving-a-nasa-mystery-why-did-space-shuttle-commanders-lock-the-hatch/3/
#NASA had designed the #SpaceShuttle hatch 🚪 to open outward. It was a relatively simple procedure, requiring little physical force, as the hatch opened into the vacuum of #OuterSpace. Overmyer was clearly concerned. So he put #DuctTape on the hatch as a stop-gap. The next day, Wang did receive permission to work on the experiment, and he eventually got it working. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/solving-a-nasa-mystery-why-did-space-shuttle-commanders-lock-the-hatch/3/