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I do think that humans have walked in space, but even slowed down and in color (https://youtu.be/uAPBRvd8OTY https://youtu.be/uAPBRvd8OTY) this "first space wal
by blotter_paper 7y ago
I do think that humans have walked in space, but even slowed down and in color (https://youtu.be/uAPBRvd8OTY https://youtu.be/uAPBRvd8OTY) this "first space walk" looks like a stop motion mock-up to me. It's widely accepted that the Soviets edited people (like this astronaut: http://cdn8.openculture.com/2017/08/20195036/11-three-fake-fill-ins.jpg http://cdn8.openculture.com/2017/08/20195036/11-three-fake-f...) out of photographs, but questioning the authenticity of space videos is still weirdly taboo... even with those jerky, inconsistent arm movements.
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- GauntletWizard 7y agoWhile I agree it looks jank, the story[1] of the first spacewalk has a more than plausible explanation - His suit was pressurized, and they had underestimated how it would expand. This resulted in him having to bleed off pressure to get back in the craft. That also explains why the movements look so jank - He's not wearing a piece of form-fitting clothing, but what you see is instead a balloon, with it's own shape, that Leonov is fighting with to move and manipulate. [1] https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Highlights/50_years_of_spacewalks https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Explora...
- blotter_paper 7y agoI was unfamiliar with that explanation for his movements, thanks for sharing. I'm still skeptical, but you have made me reassess how likely it is to be fake.
- squarefoot 7y agoThe degrees of freedom he and the attached harness (and the small string just down his right ear) rotate and move look incompatible with any filming studio subject to gravity: he is clearly subject to inertia, not to weight.