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		JumpCrisscross on Jan 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he's ... > the resistance to something as simple as padlocking a hatch baffles me We keep hatches simple to facilitate egress [1]. A padlocked hatch must be reliably unpadlocked. [1] https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo1info.html

skjoldr on Jan 25, 2024 [–]

As mentioned elsewhere, the padlock was only applied and removed in orbit and there were tools available to cut it open in case it seized up

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