"Derek Lyons" wrote in message
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(Explorer8939) wrote:

This clearly represents transfer *within* the pressurized Pirs/Soyuz.

So? The suit won't grow smaller. or easier to move around in, nor the
hatch larger, if there was no pressure.

Especially if you pressurize the suit for the test, as you would for a leak
check. You really don't want to do a pressure test in vacuum.

Jeff
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