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what to say during 41G film......
Oct 1984, crew of 7.....crew film-not designed to show RMS...
→ launch....
→ arm
• using RHC/THC [[image]] coord frame tied to orbiter window + camera
• floating - no foot hold or straps
• max rate ~.2 ft/sec (2 rates)
→ smooth
solar panels-tucked in [[image]] shakes to release(delayed depl. ~2 revs)
stability of satellite

• release: smooth.... imparts almost no p [[forward momentum physics symbol]] to satellite...
only trick is to pull arm back w/out hitting grapple fixture......
←→
•steady arm + how you operate it when you can see what you're doing out the window
→ no force feedback
→ no contact sensors
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[[left margin]]
[[image]]
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during EVA using camera mounted on arm (stable) ← been used as a platform (MFR)
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→ going to have to suffer thru the rest of this
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