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Forum:	Hardware & Flown Items
Topic:	Apollo A7L suit zippers and pressure tests

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Apolloman: [B]I'm bringing this topic up again because I've found an interesting piece of information (from my point of view) and I'd like to know what you think, or if you've heard of it before.. On the PDF document entitled "Challenges in the Development of the Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit" we find the following passage: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]Low endurance life components used for the Apollo suit had to be replaced as a result of this longer life requirement. These included the Apollo suit pressure-sealing slide fastener used for donning and doffing. This component was found to be life limited to approximately 50 opening and closing cycles, with an average of 3 replacements required in each Apollo flight suit before launch.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> Does anyone know about this procedure, and if so, how did they go about making the changes (up to 3). Wouldn't this weaken the zipper area?[/B][/QUOTE]
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