darkenfast - 2/11/2005 1:44 PMI recently read a book by the curator of the Smithsonian's collection of spacesuits, and the chapter on Apollo was fascinating.
darkenfast - 2/11/2005 6:44 PMFor lunar missions, I would speculate that the type of suit worn by the last Apollo missions should be looked at. .... I'm not sure if an Apollo suit could stand multiple missions.
CuddlyRocket - 8/11/2005 5:51 AMQuotedarkenfast - 2/11/2005 6:44 PMFor lunar missions, I would speculate that the type of suit worn by the last Apollo missions should be looked at. .... I'm not sure if an Apollo suit could stand multiple missions.I think they'd be looking at a re-design, as the suits would ultimately need to be used for much longer missions on the lunar surface, and the lunar dust badly damaged the Apollo suits even in the short time they were used for.
Astronauts running around the moon or Mars with hands sticking out of their heads! I guess just the image of that on TV alone will keep NASA from trying this!