Have you ever heard of the Commander’s Lock? (arstechnica.com)

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An interesting story about a rarely discussed feature of the Space Shuttle, that lives on in the commercial crew capsules, to prevent travelers from killing everyone onboard.

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[-] baldturkeyleg@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Man that is wild. I had no idea the hatch was that easy to open

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