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spacewalk he had made from the ferry to the moons4ip.
Therefore it was someone else's turn to go out on the spar and
put the LRR unit back in place.
Jay volunteered for the job, and so did Uwe Aachener, but
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"You lost the unit?" Lewitt snapped.

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flight engineer, Lewitt needed to remain on A-deck to monitor
the systems in case there was another failure, and Aachener
didn't know quite enough about Conestoga to be qualified for
the assignment.
Her reasoning was inarguable. Within a couple of hours she
was on D-deck, suiting up for EVA with the assistance of Hans
and Franz. Leamore floated nearby, watching the procedure
and clucking about the "terrible shape of American technol-
ogy." Parnell personally carried the LRR module down from
the logistics deck, having already made sure that no one else
placed their hands on the unit after he and Jay had completed
their inspection. Only when Ryer was completely suited up
and had climbed into the airlock did he hand the module to
her.
Aachener shut the inner hatch above her. Through the air-
lock window, Parnell watched her carefully store the module
and its retaining bolt in the same leg pocket he had used only
three hours ago. She gave the thumbs-up; then Jay decom-
pressed the chamber and opened the outer hatch.