What is really exciting about this is that spacesuits can be made like "wet suits". They no longer need to be super bulky and difficult.
The second thing to note is that this was developed by a group of
Chinese scientists working on the Chinese space program. I am glad that Trump got rid of all that Muslim "outreach" nonsense, and is actively pushing space exploration, but the program languished for 50 years.
Bulky spacesuits will be a thing of the past, now with the new development.
1 posted on
02/12/2019 4:46:29 AM PST by
vannrox
To: vannrox
The second thing to note is that this was developed by a group of Chinese scientists working on the Chinese space program.
To: vannrox
What is really exciting about this is that spacesuits can be made like "wet suits". They no longer need to be super bulky and difficultHow so? Space suits have to provide pressure; thermal insulations is secondary. The other problem with space suits is that there isn't any use for them unless you're in a vacuum environment, and there really isn't much call for that in our day to day lives.
3 posted on
02/12/2019 4:51:12 AM PST by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: vannrox
How does the new fabric reduce space suit bulk?
It is not obvious to me.
4 posted on
02/12/2019 4:51:18 AM PST by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: vannrox
Make a helluva set of long johns.
5 posted on
02/12/2019 4:56:55 AM PST by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
To: vannrox
My first thought was this fabric coupled with a computer and the AI “adjusting” the fabric to strangle the person wearing it.
too much sci-fi?
too much sci-fi
6 posted on
02/12/2019 5:18:14 AM PST by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
To: vannrox
This material would be useful in places (like Colorado) where the weather is somewhat unpredictable over the course of the day. It beats wearing layers that you have to peel off and put back on.
To: vannrox
"Yes, Lady, that spacesuit does make you look fat."
8 posted on
02/12/2019 5:23:54 AM PST by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: vannrox
So...we’re saved from global warming?
10 posted on
02/12/2019 6:32:40 AM PST by
moovova
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