Thursday, August 31, 2023

Manned Maneuvering Unit - MMU

 

NASA’s public relations stunt.

The purpose of the MMU was to allow astronauts to float free of the space shuttle without being restricted by a tether.  As things later turned out, they went back to the tether and ended up wasting millions of dollars on development and deployment.  But why?  Mostly likely due to issues explained below.  Issues of which, NASA has never been forthcoming on.

Full article here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/georgebailey/p/manned-maneuvering-unit?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web