Tuesday 12 January 2016

Prometheus (2012) The secret spacesuit

There it is
 Just there
Impressively odd.


Steve

3 comments:

  1. Looks like a JIM suit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_diving_suit

    It is unusual, because it's sort of the reverse of a space suit. Something like that's designed for high pressure, not zero pressure.

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    1. Or for high pressure inside the Suit
      for moment during EVA the Crew has to reduce the internal pressure of suit to 5 or 3.7 Psi
      In order to keep flexibility of the suit
      the Hard shell Space suit can operate a normal pressure 14.7 Psi
      with out becoming a stiff balloon like soft space suits.

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    2. Yes, that's a good call. I've seen one-atmosphere spacesuit designs that looked like this.

      Does raise the question of how the other suits work. I don't think I've ever seen fictional astronauts prebreathe oxygen to decompress apart from _Rocket Girls._

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