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Robert Pearlman
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posted 01-06-2015 12:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
For sale, a cross section example of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit revealing the 11 layers of material that protect the astronaut wearer from the vacuum of space. These 11 plies represent three distinct subassemblies:
  • the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) comprising the first two layers,
  • a gas retention and structural integrity subassembly that accounts for the third and fourth plies, and
  • the Thermal Micrometeroid Garment (TMG), which is the bulkiest of the three at seven layers.
The individual 11 layers are as follows (as viewed from the astronaut's body outward):
  • nylon tricot liner
  • nylon spandex restraint
  • nylon plain weave fabric coated with an elastomer
  • Dacron fabric
  • neoprene-coated nylon ripstop fabric
  • five layers of scrim reinforced aluminized Mylar
  • Ortho-Fabric shell
As one garment, they represent the EVA spacesuit used on every space shuttle mission since STS-6 and all U.S.-side EVA activities from the International Space Station (ISS).

Similar in appearance to the sample pictured below but the layer labels are stamped in ink rather than sewn onto each level. (The layers are attached along one edge so cannot be fanned out as pictured.)

Asking $200 or best offer.

Cozmosis22
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posted 01-06-2015 11:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cozmosis22     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What are the physical dimensions?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 01-06-2015 11:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Six inches wide by four inches tall.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 01-07-2015 09:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This has now sold. Thank you for your interest.

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