The next fundamental questions are: Will the spacewalker be able to rappel down the side, while wearing a suit and hauling a full pack of gear, as the ship is rotating at a full One Gee? Or, will they need to slow the craft’s rotation? The spacewalker would have a difficult time first having to suit up, climb the ladder to the hatch carrying all his gear, and then rappel slowly over the side down to the area needing to be worked on. “A slower rotation is definitely the way to go,” Tom determined. “We’ll keep it moving just enough to prevent things from becoming airborne on the inside, maybe zero-point-three gee.”
“Good idea,” Brandon agreed. “Then, the one doing the work will only weigh… oh, about 40 kilos or so, including spacesuit and gear. Now, which one of us is going outside?”
Tom grinned, “I’ll flip you for it.”