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HAB911

(8,811 posts)
Thu Aug 24, 2017, 11:30 AM Aug 2017

Musk gives first look at SpaceX spacesuit

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk is teasing the world with a first look at the company’s spacesuit, to be worn by NASA astronauts who will ride in SpaceX’s crew transport capsule to the International Space Station.

Musk shared the photo of the sleek suit on Instagram early Wednesday, saying the suit was not a mock-up and “actually works.”

“Already tested to double vacuum pressure,” he wrote in the post. “Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function. Easy to do either separately.”

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-spacesuit-20170823-htmlstory.html

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Musk gives first look at SpaceX spacesuit (Original Post) HAB911 Aug 2017 OP
Article mentions first crewed test flight in June 2018, but not the 2 tourists Not Ruth Aug 2017 #1
What is "double vacuum pressure"? DetlefK Aug 2017 #2
Proof pressure zipplewrath Aug 2017 #3
suits leak paulkienitz Aug 2017 #4
I wonder if they are compatable with present suits. rickford66 Aug 2017 #5

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
2. What is "double vacuum pressure"?
Thu Aug 24, 2017, 12:25 PM
Aug 2017

Why can't he just say: "We tested the suit to a pressure of this many millibar."

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
3. Proof pressure
Thu Aug 24, 2017, 12:50 PM
Aug 2017

The suit is designed to maintain a certain internal pressure. They tested it to twice that pressure. I'd guess that it was probably about 10 psi. I'd also bet it leaks. Most suits do.

paulkienitz

(1,295 posts)
4. suits leak
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 04:01 PM
Aug 2017

Saying a suit leaks is like saying a place of business contains cancer-causing chemicals. What matters is the amount.

rickford66

(5,498 posts)
5. I wonder if they are compatable with present suits.
Tue Aug 29, 2017, 10:04 AM
Aug 2017

The present suits have interchangeable parts for redundancy. The new suits would mean more spare parts stored on board the station.

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