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- From: wes@ian.stx.com (John S.)
- Subject: Re: Space suit research?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.184047.1367@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:40:47 GMT
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- In article <ewright.722278284@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >
- >I can't see any reason why low pressure would cause bleeding under the nails
- >as long as the pressure inside the body was equally low. Sounds like NASA
- >was worried about a pressure leak in the gloves, causing the pressure there
- >to be lower than the pressure in the rest of the suit. That could, quite
- >likely, cause bleeding, with the pressure inside the body pushing a small
- >amount of blood through the skin under the nails (which is quite thin).
- >
- This makes me curious. I'm not at all familiar with space suit design.
- I was wondering if they divided the suit into separate sections so that
- if, say there was an extreme loss of pressure in one part, the rest
- would remain pressurized? If so, how is the suit divided up?
-
- If this has already been discussed here, my apologies for rehashing it.
- In that case, could someone possibly email a response?
-