The three Skylab astronauts have been so busy coping with one crisis after another aboard America's first space station that they have had little time to consider one of the most important questions of their 28-day mission: What are the everyday problems of living and working in space over prolonged periods of time? Last week, as Skylab's troubles finally subsided, Astronauts Pete Conrad, Joe Kerwin and Paul Weitz began to verify some old answers and provide some new ones.
As earlier missions established, even the simplest tasks on earth can become extremely complicated in...
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