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The very concept of a hard spacesuit has always struck me as a horrible kludge. 8 psi just isn't enough pressure to require rigid designs, and flexible is so much more efficient and comfortable to work in.

aren't all the suits rigid to move in regardless, because of that pressure... now there is tech to get an exoskeleton involved... maybe that will be of more use than trying to overcoming the barrier of necessary materials and pressure making manueverability limited

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Was anyone else thinking the one at :57 looked like the inspiration for the Storm Trooper outfits?

Glad we went with the fabric suits as opposed to the articulated, faceted suits. WAY too many points of failure on those.

Agreed that the editing, text, effects etc were all horrible, but the footage was very interesting.

>> ^Stormsinger:

The very concept of a hard spacesuit has always struck me as a horrible kludge. 8 psi just isn't enough pressure to require rigid designs, and flexible is so much more efficient and comfortable to work in.


What's 8 psi? The pressure inside the suit?

>> ^Ryjkyj:

>> ^Stormsinger:
The very concept of a hard spacesuit has always struck me as a horrible kludge. 8 psi just isn't enough pressure to require rigid designs, and flexible is so much more efficient and comfortable to work in.

What's 8 psi? The pressure inside the suit?


Yes...IIRC, I believe the idea was that it's enough to comfortably maintain life in a high-oxygen environment, and it substantially reduces the requirements for a suit.

I'm still a bit surprised that something elastic, think wetsuit, wouldn't do the job. Rather than surround the body with pressurized air, it seems reasonable to provide the pressure directly, and only supply air where it's actually needed (i.e. to the head). Although that certainly provides plenty of potential for massive hickies.

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