Cool, We have our first Tourist going for a Walk.

....sweet...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17298809/
....a must-have item for his planned April 7 launch toward the international
space station...

Next, buy your own customized suit, with optional thrusters to take a small
cruise while on your vacation.

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No spacewalk, it's the standard in-cabin pressure suit.

"Craig Fink" wrote in message
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...sweet...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17298809/
...a must-have item for his planned April 7 launch toward the
international
space station...

Next, buy your own customized suit, with optional thrusters to take a
small
cruise while on your vacation.

Yeah, ascent/entry suit, I realized that's what the article was about right
after I hit the send button. Should have followed the link. :-\ I guess
it's marketing to call it a space suit.

It does say he is about to test it in a vacuum chamber. Is that standard
operating procedure?

I would have thought just pressurizing it (reduced o2 of course) above
atmospheric the proper amount would have given the wearer an I idea of what
is is like with the ballooning stiff suit and test its integrity. Plus, it
would be safer and less expensive.

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Jim Oberg wrote:

No spacewalk, it's the standard in-cabin pressure suit.

"Craig Fink" wrote in message
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...sweet...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17298809/
...a must-have item for his planned April 7 launch toward the
international
space station...

Next, buy your own customized suit, with optional thrusters to take a
small
cruise while on your vacation.

If he's willing to go for a walk in a Vacuum Chamber, I would Think he would
be willing to step outside in is bright and shiny new SpaceSuit. Why not
just test it in a Vacuum while on Vacation. Sounds like fun to m...

I should think, that a Billionaire should be able to afford his own
Ascent/Entry/SpaceWalkSuit? I can only guess that he doesn't what to be the
first...

I would think the proper SpaceTourist would have his own SpaceSuit for
ascent, entry and SpaceWalk...

In a Capitalist World, this is an opportunity misse...
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Craig Fink wrote:

...sweet...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17298809/
...a must-have item for his planned April 7 launch toward the
international space station...

Next, buy your own customized suit, with optional thrusters to take a
small cruise while on your vacation.


Yeah, ascent/entry suit, I realized that's what the article was about right
after I hit the send button. Should have followed the link. :-\ I guess
it's marketing to call it a space suit.

It does say he is about to test it in a vacuum chamber. Is that standard
operating procedure?

I would have thought just pressurizing it (reduced o2 of course) above
atmospheric the proper amount would have given the wearer an I idea of what
is is like with the ballooning stiff suit and test its integrity. Plus, it
would be safer and less expensive.

Jim Oberg wrote:

No spacewalk, it's the standard in-cabin pressure suit.
...sweet...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17298809/
...a must-have item for his planned April 7 launch toward the
international
space station...

Next, buy your own customized suit, with optional thrusters to take a
small
cruise while on your vacation.

"Craig Fink" wrote in message
ink.net...
Yeah, ascent/entry suit, I realized that's what the article was about
right
after I hit the send button. Should have followed the link. :-\ I guess
it's marketing to call it a space suit.

It does say he is about to test it in a vacuum chamber. Is that standard
operating procedure?

I would have thought just pressurizing it (reduced o2 of course) above
atmospheric the proper amount would have given the wearer an I idea of
what
is is like with the ballooning stiff suit and test its integrity. Plus, it
would be safer and less expensive.

From what I've read, the Sokol space suit is pressurized with pure O2.
Wikipedia says that they're normally pressurized to 5.8 psi, but that can be
lowered down to as much as 3.9 psi to improve mobility. I'm not sure you'd
want to put 20+ psi of pure O2 into your Sokol suit.

Jeff
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