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One thing you should understand about the topic
of this page is the difference in terminology. Pressure suit refers
to any suit that is airtight and designed to protect its wearer from low
air pressures and lack of oxygen. A pressure suit is not designed to protect
the wearer from the extreme temperatures (or lack thereof) in space, and
it is not designed to protect the wearer from micrometeoroids and harmful
radiation found in space. Pressure suits are less advanced and less versatile
than space suits.
Space suit refers to a modified type of pressure
suit that not only provides the wearer with and acceptable interior pressure
and atmosphere, but also protects against temperature extremes, harmful
radiation (to a certain degree above a regular pressure suit), and micrometeoroids.
Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) refers to a
special type of spacesuit. It has all of the qualities of a spacesuit and
a pressure suit, except that, for a suit to be an EMU, it must be capable
of functioning apart from its parent spacecraft. The Apollo spacesuit and
Shuttle spacesuit are good examples of EMUs. An EMU must be able to function
independently, and does not need to be connected to another craft by umbilicals.
This site was created to let people know about the amazing
devices that merger man and machine. These "wearable worlds" have evolved
over the past century from bulky, cumbersome devices, to some of the most
advanced and ingeneous technology on the face of the earth. The following
links contain pictures and technical information on spacesuits and pressure
suits.
Some things I'd like to clear up.
Welcome to the Spacesuit and Pressure Suit
Homepage.I strongly urge you to sign
my guestbook! Please! You are probably wondering why I created
a page devoted to spacesuits and pressure suits. Well, I have an interest
in spacesuits and pressure suits, and I couldn't find any pages about them
on the entire Web (the ignorance of some people!), so I decided to make
one. Please sign my guestbook!
1. - I'm NOT gay. I'm straight. (Not to imply that gay
people are crooked or bent in some way or something : ) ), but I'm straight. I just
like spacesuits because they are intersting. I don't have anything against
gay people, I'm just not one.
2. - I myself don't actually OWN any space or pressure
suits. I've been in a Mark 5 diving rig, and it was pretty neat, but I've
never even actually been in any space suits. That's it. Enjoy the page. Also, I'd just like to let everyone know, I'd gladly wear any of these suits, I think it would be really neat. I'm not into any kinky sort of thing, I would just really like to wear these things.
