Wonder of ScienceA short compilation of astronauts falling over on the Moon during the Apollo missions, showcasing their challenges with balance and movement caused by the Moon's low gravity, bulky spacesuits, and navigating the loose, dry lunar regolith.
JackEnrod@wonderofscience The tiniest pinhole and they would be dead.
nytpu the wyvern@JackEnrod
The Apollo space suits were actually very cleverly designed with the inner pressure vessel being covered by many layers of various protective fabrics (including fiberglass cloth IIRC).
Even if the suit did somehow get a tear, they were only pressurized to 3–5 PSI (the partial pressure of oxygen in air) so if the astronaut found the leak they could probably just cover it with their hand and seal it until they got back to the capsule and could either abort the mission or permanently reseal it (dunno if they had a method of repairing suits in Apollo yet, I'd assume so). They could connect to the other astronaut's space suit as well if their air supply started running out.
ReallyCanadianFly@nytpu @JackEnrod @wonderofscience
You've just ruined tons of sci-fi where someone dies or has a major emergency from a tiny leak that empties the high pressure suit in a matter of minutes or seconds. It's cool to learn how they actually worked though! 😂 😁
You've just ruined tons of sci-fi where someone dies or has a major emergency from a tiny leak that empties the high pressure suit in a matter of minutes or seconds. It's cool to learn how they actually worked though! 😂 😁