Lifeline
“Other people, other listeners, were dangerous things to have nearby.Allen Terachyk recalled the lesson shown by Linda Arnando’s mistake: privacy could no longer be assumed on Orbitech 1 unless one took elaborate precautions beforehand. Terachyk wanted no eavesdroppers, no way for sharp ears to hear his words and report them back to Brahms.He entered the vacuum welders’ zero-G lab space without announcing himself. The smell of feed chemicals and raw materials hung in the air. Smoke floated near the burns; without gravity, it could not rise to the ventilator filters. Large fans on either side of the room kept the air stirred. On the wall, a cheery red sign reminded them that Orbitech 1 considered “Safety First!”Three men and one woman floated at the far wall of the chamber, pressed against a transparent shield with their hands thrust into gloves that extended to a vacuum chamber outside. In the cold and microgravity of space, they tested welding techniques, different filler metals or ba...se alloys.MoreLess
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