From the A15 part of the ALSJ:


[Jones - "Tell me about the fruit stick."]

[Irwin - "It is Velcroed in, right down from your chin, right in the front. It sticks up so you can grab it with your teeth and kind of pull it up. It slips out of a kind of little cloth pocket. I guess it was probably six inches."]

[Jones - "So you've got the mike in front of your lips and the fruit stick just below that. And the water?"]

[Irwin - "It was a water bag. I never could get any water out of mine. I guess Dave might have got some. That was a problem. Just suck
the water out with a straw."]


[Added]
There is also a training photo of Gene Cernan in the ALSJ, where the food stick and the drinking valve are highlighted.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17drinkdet.jpg

Harald


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