Re: Space Tourist Spacesuits

From: John Schilling (schillin_at_spock.usc.edu)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: 20 Feb 2005 10:30:06 -0800

henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) writes:

>In article <42177955.CE514927@frontiernet.net>,
>Joann Evans <greenie31@juno[spambait].com> wrote:
>> IOW, vacuum is vacuum wherever you are, and once you have a suit
>>that's flexible and comfortable in LEO, you're good for most of the rest
>>of the Universe...

>With one reservation: some adjustments may be necessary in very different
>thermal environments. LEO is a pretty friendly place, thermally, with a
>nice warm Earth filling half the sky. For colder conditions you'll want
>heated gloves and other detail changes; for hotter conditions you'll need
>reflective outer layers and better cooling.

Mass also is an issue. A hundred-kilogram suit is fine for LEO, or any
other free-fall environment, and may even be better than a lighter suit
if the extra mass is the price for improved joint mobility. But it would
be less than optimal for Lunar operations, and not at all for Mars, what
with that pesky "gravity" pulling at it. 

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