Question Daft Question, Seats on ISS

[paddy2]

I am having a go at modelling a "pod" that crew from a DGiv can go into to spend a few days while the DG orbits the Moon. i.e. to too much to ask that they stay seated in the DG for the duration of the mission. To give a human feel to the place I was going to add a table and chair they could sit at while they dine. Its weightless so o.k. a lap strap stops you floating away but then I thought there is no tables on the ISS!!!

Is this just a weight/cost issue or am I missing something.

3 guys just "sat around" on the way to the moon. O.K. this was something you did once in your life, you had 100 things to do and it was only 3 days so not really the same (humour). It is somewhat different on the ISS, we are talking 3 months not 3 days.

So is there a point to some where to sit in a "pod" while weightless?

 

[jedidia]

Is this just a weight/cost issue or am I missing something.

Tables are for putting things on them so you don't have to put them on the floor. Free fall tends to make them a bit redundant. A simple clip to anchor your food tray serves perfectly fine.

So is there a point to some where to sit in a "pod" while weightless?

Not really. In fact, a pod that just provides some empty space to stretch your legs and has some sleeping bags in the walls seems preferable.

 

[paddy2]

Thanks for the quick response, Jedidia.

What about the human contact element. 4 or 5 sat round talking the day through.

In the roof I plan a number of consoles which you would hook up to so you do not drift off while uploading data/ reviewing status and the like. This would be more for the off duty time. The alternative is 5 bits of velcro around the water cooler!!

 

[jedidia]

What about the human contact element. 4 or 5 sat round talking the day through.

Under these conditions, the trick is reducing the human contact element, not furthering it :lol:

4 or 5 guys can just as well float around and talk the day through. It's not like they have the space to evade each other.

 

[MikeB]

This video shows how they use a table, no chairs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBtUwBsfy90

 

[paddy2]

Thanks for that video, so its table but no chairs. Saves a few bits of meshes !!