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Old October 26th 07, 10:59 PM posted to sci.space.history
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Default Dyna-Soar: 1964 report on testing pressure suit for X-20

On Oct 26, 10:29 am, Bill Higgins wrote:
At my request, the IIT Contrails project, which is creating online PDFs of
U.S. Air Force R&D Documents, has just been kind enough to scan in this
report: "X-20A Full-Pressure Suit Quantitative Performance," Report Number
AMRL TDR 64-36.

It was written by J. D. Bowen of the Aerospace Medical Research Lab at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

If you're curious about the suit intended for Dyna-Soar, see
http://www.gl.iit.edu/wadc/DigitalCollection/1964/AMRLTDR64-036.pdf
for the report.

For more information on Contrails, visit http://www.gl.iit.edu/wadc/.
There's all kinds of interesting stuff there.

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| and will be winning the 7th game of the World Series
Fermilab | in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs, 2 strikes,
| no balls when a mile-wide asteroid hits Wrigley Field.
Internet: | If 1997-XF11 doesn't hit, the Cubs will be
| in the cellar that year, like normal.
| That's your asteroid early warning system."
| --"Bloody Viking" in alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs


The helmet has quite a similarity with the early Vostok suit
helmets..........Doc