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Robert Pearlman
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posted 09-21-2015 07:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A photograph by Annie Liebovitz for Vogue shows Elon Musk modeling a SpaceX prototype helmet for the company's Crew Dragon flights.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-23-2017 07:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Elon Musk on Instagram:
First picture of SpaceX spacesuit. More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works (not a mockup). Already tested to double vacuum pressure. Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function. Easy to do either separately.

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posted 08-23-2017 10:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for fredtrav   Click Here to Email fredtrav     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Function should outweigh aesthetics. The astronauts would be more concerned with their safety and getting the job done rather than I look marvelous. Its okay to look nice, but don't even think to consider looks over or even on a par with safety.

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I am certain it is fit for purpose.

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posted 08-23-2017 04:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mode1charlie   Click Here to Email mode1charlie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What is "double vacuum pressure"?

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posted 08-23-2017 05:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Michael Davis   Click Here to Email Michael Davis     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think vacuum pressure here refers to the pressure generated by having a vacuum on one side, and one atmosphere of pressure on the other.

It sounds like this suit has been tested to double that. It had its internal pressure increased to two atmospheres, so that double the pressure was applied to it. So it was tested at double vacuum pressure.

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posted 08-25-2017 12:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looks good, but air hose and electronic communication connections are not shown. Also, are gloves and boots an integral part of the suit, or will there be ring-type connections?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 09-08-2017 03:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
From Elon Musk on Instagram:
Astronaut spacesuit next to Crew Dragon

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I'd like to see what it looks like when pressurized.

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No hose connections that I can see. How do they breathe?

I assume they plan no EVAs, but is there a modern version of a PLSS in the works, just in case?

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posted 09-14-2017 01:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This is not an EVA spacesuit; it is a pressure suit, in the same family as the Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES) worn on the space shuttle or the Sokol worn on Soyuz.

The port for the combined air and power umbilical is located on the right leg.

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posted 05-18-2018 03:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
SpaceX photo
NASA astronaut Suni Williams, fully suited in SpaceX’s spacesuit, interfaces with the display inside a mock-up of the Crew Dragon spacecraft in Hawthorne, California, during a testing exercise on April 3, 2018.

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posted 07-27-2020 07:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This video was first shown during the Crew Dragon Demo-2 launch webcast, but SpaceX has now released it as a standalone clip.
SpaceX's space suits are designed for optimum functionality with the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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