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"the [science fiction] writer should be able to convince the reader (and himself) that the wonders he is describing really can come true...and that gets tricky when you take a good, hard look at the world around you."
- Frederik Pohl
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| Foot Loops | ||
| Hold yourself down in zero gravity situations with this low-tech device. |
I can't think of an earlier example of this idea or phrase in print.
| Jimmy Cardigan and Harlowe, staring through the darkside port, had their feet in the foot-loops which proved their usefulness in the first rocket ever to coast with its power off. |
| Technovelgy from The Power Planet,
by Murray Leinster. Published by Amazing Stories in 1931 Additional resources -
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NASA's SpaceHab modules, part of the International Space Station, feature foot loops.
(Foot loops (foot restraints) on Spacehab)
Here's another sample of this simple idea, from Mirusha (2001) by Geoffrey A. Landis:
“Hi, Ryan,” he said.“Radkowski,” Ryan said. He was wearing a tee-shirt that read, “High Energy Physicists Have A Strange Charm.” He floated with the tip of one foot hooked under a loop to keep him from drifting av'ay. He was oriented sideways to Radkowski’ s local veitical; it didn’t seem to bother him, although Radkowski still had troubles adapting to it.
Compare to the hand grips from Islands in Space (1932) by John W. Campbell.
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