Re: whether or not the orange suits

From: Jim Oberg (jameseoberg_at_houston.rr.com)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:51:32 GMT

They don't have thermal protection for external use, and are not very
flexible -- they inflate when you're in the seat, and you stay in the seat
until pressure returns and you can get up and jump out. But for an assisted
vehicle to vehicle transfer, probably with blankets, they'd do fine.

Also, minimal stand-alone O2 supply -- use feed from seat until last
moments.

"Alan Erskine" <alanerskine1@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1ea44d01.0409121932.ced7438@posting.google.com...
> An issue was recently raised as to whether or not the orange suits
> (ACES, not the LES) could keep shuttle astronauts alive in the vacuum
> of space. I am not aware of any reason why they could not. I expect
> that they could be as effective as Ed White's EVA suit.