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A new space suit, as of 2009, costs between 13 and 16 million each, to include maintenance. They do not make a new one for every astronaut. There are several sizes and each crew member is fitted. Upon return they are maintained and inspected, very meticulously, before being used again. Posted by a former NASA worker. Read more: wiki.answers.com...
most of the energy emitted from the sun is in the UVA and UVB spectrum of things.
Originally posted by watchitburn
This is just a guess, but from my observations, I am going to say that the space suits are extremely heavy and cumbersome.
I think they would be completely impractical for use in anything other than a zero gravity environment.
12. Is the suit too heavy for training on earth?
When training on earth, the astronauts use special lightweight parts and they do a lot of training in water (a large pool called a Weightless Environment Test Facility). When the suit is pressurized with breathing air and the astronaut goes into the water, it is something like being in a balloon and floating on the water. Weights are added around the waist so the astronaut will sink and stay under water. This gives the same feeling of weightlessness the astronaut would feel in space.
Originally posted by OnlyLove
reply to post by The Djin
12. Is the suit too heavy for training on earth?
When training on earth, the astronauts use special lightweight parts and they do a lot of training in water (a large pool called a Weightless Environment Test Facility). When the suit is pressurized with breathing air and the astronaut goes into the water, it is something like being in a balloon and floating on the water. Weights are added around the waist so the astronaut will sink and stay under water. This gives the same feeling of weightlessness the astronaut would feel in space.
Source page 5 point 12.
According to your source the Apollo suits weighed 180 pounds that's plenty light enough for an emergency such as Fukushima bearing in mind ist could be made lighter, after all it would only be needed as protection from radiation.
I noticed an anomaly in the manufactures spec if you noticed ?
I don't know how to copy and paste from a pdf so bear with me but says =
"THE APOLLO SUIT HAD TO BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO WORK ON THE MOON"
"BUT THE SHUTTLE SUIT IS HEAVIER AS IT DESIGNED FOR ZERO GRAVITY "
WTF !!! ]
I believe the moons gravity is 1/6 of earths so a 300 pound space suit would be no problem or are they implying the moon that they are referring to is on earth ?????.
history.nasa.gov...
Anyone else find this odd ? or am I one of those conspiracy nuts ?