Comments on: NASA issues request for commercially-built spacesuits for its Artemis program https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-issues-request-for-commercially-built-spacesuits-for-its-artemis-program/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:38:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-issues-request-for-commercially-built-spacesuits-for-its-artemis-program/#comment-1200299 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:38:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=79538#comment-1200299 I bet a throw away cover suit would work quite well.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-issues-request-for-commercially-built-spacesuits-for-its-artemis-program/#comment-1200271 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 06:35:57 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=79538#comment-1200271 Adam Savage?

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-issues-request-for-commercially-built-spacesuits-for-its-artemis-program/#comment-1200186 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 03:02:50 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=79538#comment-1200186 Ray Van Dune,
You may not be aware, but Playtex was a major player in the Apollo lunar space suit:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/82726/how-playtex-helped-win-space-race

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-issues-request-for-commercially-built-spacesuits-for-its-artemis-program/#comment-1200082 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 23:07:25 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=79538#comment-1200082 In Zero-G the need for Playtex goes away, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Mitch S. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-issues-request-for-commercially-built-spacesuits-for-its-artemis-program/#comment-1200039 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:40:48 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=79538#comment-1200039 Playtex available to bid?

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-issues-request-for-commercially-built-spacesuits-for-its-artemis-program/#comment-1199887 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:02:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=79538#comment-1199887 Upon re-accessing my comment to check for other comments, I realize it could be misinterpreted to be asserting that the SpaceX Moonship WILL contain the systems mentioned. No, I am merely saying that the Moonship’s cargo capacity probably COULD allow such systems – I have no information that it WILL!

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-issues-request-for-commercially-built-spacesuits-for-its-artemis-program/#comment-1199823 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:28:00 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=79538#comment-1199823 The SpaceX Moonship fortunately has the cargo capacity to carry several systems that could help address the contamination problem:
1. A transport buggy that can reduce the need for astronauts to walk directly on the lunar soil.
2. A cleanup chamber with tools that can remove most suit-captured regolith dust on their return.
3. Cabin systems that can remove airborn and surface contaminants that get past the chamber.

Expecting the suit alone to control lunar dust by virtue of its design and materials is probably unrealistic. The gradual accumulation of lunar dust may prove to be a severely limiting constraint to the endurance of lightweight Apollo-era-style landers. People are going to have to use those early landers as their primary living spaces for a lot longer than a couple of days, and engage in more than one or two explorations!

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-issues-request-for-commercially-built-spacesuits-for-its-artemis-program/#comment-1199798 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:43:57 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=79538#comment-1199798 Q:
Do we know how much lunar regolith made its way into the the “cabin environment” of the original Apollo missions?

(100 grams is about 3.5 ounces, times 6 lunar excursions, yields about 21 ounces per suit, max.)

]]> By: William https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-issues-request-for-commercially-built-spacesuits-for-its-artemis-program/#comment-1199744 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:48:23 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=79538#comment-1199744 Elon to the rescue

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