A Brief History of Space Suits

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  @ClassicAerospaceHistory · 1 year ago (edited) · pinned

  Some small corrections:<br>1: the astronauts did not use the OPS while disposing of the PLSS. Rather, they were tethered to an oxygen supply within the LEM while they disposed of the PLSS portion of the backpack.<br>2: diving suits do not maintain a standard sea level pressure. They are kept relatively close to the pressure of the depth that they are used at.

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• JK

  @JKTCGMV13 · 1 year ago

  I need to binge watch moon footage. The way they talk is so funny. “That ain’t any fun, is it?” when your buddy almost dies lmao

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  @vaultdweller94 · 1 year ago

  No the reason they bunny hopped on the moon was to try to appease the moon rabbits who were less than thrilled about their intrusion

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• JK

  @JKTCGMV13 · 1 year ago

  I like the stripes being named “public affairs stripes.” I can just imagine an engineer with no interest in aesthetics coming up with that name

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• JK

  @JKTCGMV13 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Early suits go hard. They look so cool, especially knowing how cutting edge they were

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• AN

  @AndrewSkow1 · 1 year ago

  Thank you for reminding your viewers that &quot;The Everyday Astronaut&quot; tried to earn himself a Darwin award.

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• CH

  @charjl96 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMUI1oncW1c&amp;t=3414">56:54</a> &quot;Italian astronaut was caught boiling pasta in his space suit&quot;

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• MI

  @MimeHTF5 · 1 year ago

  Charlie Duke once said in an interview that the moment he fell over was the only time during the Apollo 16 were he was afraid

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• TI

  @TiagoNugentComposer · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMUI1oncW1c&amp;t=3976">1:06:16</a> A note about the suit from The Martian - it looks to me like it was inspired heavily by the MIT BioSuit, which uses a <b>very</b> tight fabric to provide mechanical pressure instead of air (i remember watching a documentary when i was younger where mike massimino got to wear one and said that he &quot;felt like an italian sausage&quot;, although i dont remember which one it was.) Im guessing that the actual mechanical pressure layer is worn on the inside, with an outer layer that houses some kind of temperature control system which would explain why it doesnt look super tight in the movie. The vacuum EVA suits are much bulkier and basically just look like the EMU suit with some extra hinges for better mobility.

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  @LinkiePup · 1 year ago

  So fun fact! <br>My Grandfather helped United Technologies as a senior project engineer on the equipment used on space suits!! <br>If memory serves right he worked on the rings for supplying oxygen, and water for cooling. <br><br>I don’t care if it was a tiny piece, or the whole suit. <br>He was a part of history.

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  @andreibaciu7518 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMUI1oncW1c&amp;t=1302">21:42</a> They went to the trouble of spray painting 2 pairs of boots, but they couldn&apos;t put the guys without boots in the back so their feet weren&apos;t visible in the first place???

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  @inevitableleopard3810 · 1 year ago

  Best quote: &quot;early spaceflight was truly the stuff of nightmares&quot; . I think few people realize what &quot;The right stuff&quot; really means....to not panic and the ability to control your fear being a big part of it. &nbsp;Just the shear claustrophobic conditions alone would freak me out, let alone having to sort out a life or death problem while cramped inside a tiny tin can.

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