Timeline for When Peewee shows up, why is she wearing a space suit?
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| Oct 15, 2019 at 20:35 | comment | added | user2490 | Actually the Mother Thing is not wearing a suit when they show up in Kip's field. This is made clear in the text and is also shown in the Del Rey cover. But your suggestion as to why Peewee may have been too busy to take hers off makes sense. Although the communication idea doesn't apply to the Mother Thing, it does explain why, in order to make the plot go, Heinlein needs Peewee to be wearing a spacesuit. He needs her to be on the omnidirectional frequency they use, so Kip can contact her, and on the DF frequency so he can guide her in. Presumably the saucer is radio-transparent. | |
| Oct 15, 2019 at 16:20 | history | answered | Zeiss Ikon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |