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#51 Re: Life support systems » Lets brainstorm on suit design - We will need suits after all » 2004-05-24 10:23:24
Yep, that's an nice design. More information can be found here :
http://www.asminternational.org/pdf/spo … arsmat.pdf
I especially like the Demron™ Material from Radshield to absorb radiation. Seems a nice material to counter most radiation. Unfortunately it is not really effective against high energetic radiation, but only against medium energetic radiation at the most.
#52 Re: Interplanetary transportation » Low-cost-reusable vehicle design-FICTION *2* - last topic got borked » 2004-05-23 06:16:21
Now if instead of Orion?s klunky a-bombs we could fix it up with Daedelus-type ?pellet and laser? fusion propulsion, we?d have ourselves a real spaceship at last, able to cruise around the Solar System almost at will.
IMHO this is not an good idea. Laser induced fusion is still too far away to be useful.
Use the MiniMag Orion instead.
Link : http://www.andrews-space.com/en/news/Pu … df]MiniMag Orion
#53 Re: Life support systems » Lets brainstorm on suit design - We will need suits after all » 2004-05-08 03:01:33
Hi; my first posting. 
For me MCP-suits are the way to go, cause they allow the most freedom of movement.
IMHO the technology for an MCP-suit is already at hand too. The german air-force at the moment tests the new "libelle" anti-g suit for the Typhoon jet fighter. They will introduce this suit in a few months.
The libelle suit works with hydrostatic pressure to prevent the g-loc syndrom at high acceleration.
The "only" thing which has to be added to this suit is an pressure source to pressurise the fluid in the suit at zero-g too.
Link : http://www.autofluglibelle.com/]http:// … belle.com/
As you can see on the page the Libelle-suit is slim and allows a nearly natural movement as long as the pressure is not put on. but even @ 9g the pilots can move their hand without an problem so imho this suit will allow nearly natural movement even as an MCP-suit cause hopefully the pressure needed in zero-g will be lower.