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**swoody126** · 02-05-2017, 08:51

just thought you would enjoy the pic i found out in cyberspace

please feel free to include your pics of KNAP TYME

sw

**johnspenn** · 02-05-2017, 08:54

Nice setup. I'd go with a larger "tarp" though!

**Phantom Grappler** · 02-05-2017, 09:48

Y'all have made my day.

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**dscotthep** · 02-07-2017, 12:32

I've long been disappointed that I missed the Apollo Program (having been born in October 1969 and was barely 3 when Apollo 17 left the moon). However, the internet has been a boon for people like me who can't seem to get enough of everything Apollo.

So I was pleased to learn that 10 of the 12 astronauts to land on the moon all slept in hammocks during their stay. (Poor Armstrong and Aldrin had to sleep on the engine cover and on the floor!) For those who might be interested, here is a good article on the subject of sleeping in a hammock, in 160 ft³/4.5m³ of living space, in 1/6th gravity.

And for you "visual" types, here are some pictures:

In this cutaway of the lunar module, the astronauts are arranged at right angles to each other. The Commander is in the upper hammock (laying left-to-right in this view, but fore-aft in the spacecraft) with the Lunar Module Pilot suspended just off the floor with only part of his helmet and shoulders visible to us.

The hammocks were made of beta cloth, featured two adjustable suspension straps with four anchors, and were equipped with blankets and a layer of insulation (I guess CBS can also be a problem on the moon!).

I believe they could have benefited from some Dutch bling...