Re: Space Tourist Spacesuits

From: Earl Colby Pottinger (earlcp_at_idirect.com)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 01:42:59 -0600

schillin@spock.usc.edu (John Schilling) :

> 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.

But that is only 33 Kilos in wieght. That does not seem to be an
unreasonable wieght for a healthy adult to carry about. Yes, lighter would
better, but 100 Kilos mass should not be a show stopper.

Now what about dust. I thought the Moon's dust was very abrasive?

             Earl Colby Pottinger 

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