This response from somebody on the ARocket list:


> Some few here may appreciate this response from PICList

>>> Are you saying that if an astronaut is knocked away from
>>> the shuttle, there is no plan for retrieving said 
>>> astronaut ?

>> Of course there is. They'll have the Lake Erie shoot 'im
>> down

EMUs - Extravehicular Mobility Units, i.e. shuttle-era space 
suits, do
have cold gas thrusters in the "SAFER"  system that allow an 
astronaut
to regain control and fly back to the shuttle or ISS. 

-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist