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Spacesuits would be very hot if there were no cooling. Astronauts wear liquid cooling garments (LCG) underneath their spacesuits. These garments fit the body like long underwear ... by Lonnie Moffitt Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www ...

No, you don't really walk, you float. The term "spacewalk" came from the media in the early days of ... Lichtenberg, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www ...

... will not have to wear spacesuits inside any facilities, unless they are designed to not contain an artificial atmosphere for some reason. There are likely to be a variety of methods to get from one facility to another. Some ... by Ron Kohl Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www ...

You will be able to wear almost whatever you want to wear. As long as you are within the spacecraft environment, you should wear comfortable clothing that is not too tight-fitting and that keeps you ... times you may want to wear shorts and sports shirts. You will not need shoes in space because you do not walk and shoes would only cause harm to the instruments in the ... by Lonnie Moffitt Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www ...

On Earth all animals, including humans, are protected by the environment from harsh conditions of temperatures, solar wind events, and radiation that ... helmets, but if there is any extra vehicular activity involved, then animals would be required to wear them. Cats in different simulated spacesuit designs. Source: NASA Archive ---- Answer provided by Bijal Thakore ...

... on Mars, we will always have to wear some version of our spacesuit. It may look different than it now looks but it will still have to provide the same protection from the ... cold. It must provide us with the oxygen that we need to breathe and survive. Of course, in space we are in weightlessness—our body weight is zero pounds, and the spacesuit also weighs zero pounds. So the weight of the suit is not a factor. It would be nice to ...

You wouldn't have to wear your suit inside a moonbase, although you'd probably always want to have it handy. Any excursions outside absolutely require a spacesuit, probably even when in vehicles ... . & Kenneth J. Murphy Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www ...

... . This station would be a departure and arrival point to and from other points in space. There are two principle difficulties to be overcome to make this concept feasible. A material that has enough ... , and this may frequently occur several times per day. c. Solar sails are another alternative to rockets but are limited to regions of space far away from the Earth's atmosphere; usually in an ...

... time. Retro-rockets are small solid rocket motors that are used with multistage rockets to slow down a spent stage after separation before the next stage engines start. They are also used to slow down a ... vehicles. h. Nuclear thermal rockets utilize a nuclear reactor to heat the propellant to provide thrust. Part of the hot gas is bled off to power the turbopumps. These devices were built and tested ...

Basically, there are two kinds of spacesuits that astronauts use. They are the advanced crew escape suit (ACES) and the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU). The astronauts wear the ACES only during a launch or ... they are outside the spacecraft performing an EVA. At other times astronauts wear their normal clothing. ---- Answer provided by Lonnie Moffitt Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to ...

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