Paul Webb MD has submitted and abstract for the Advanced Spacesuits Symposium!

As (James) Waldie explains, "The idea of MCP* was first published by Paul Webb in the late 1960's. Dr. Webb is a consultant for our project now. It was called a space activity suit, and by the early 1970's was quite well developed. However, with the demise of the Apollo program the project was cancelled. In recent years, the project has seen renewed interest from Honeywell (who are contracted to develop the suit) and NASA. Our job here at the Space Physiology Lab. is to investigate the physiological effects of wearing such a suit."

*MCP=Mechanical Counter Pressure

http://www.universetoday.com/html/special/spacesuit.html

The work by Paul Webb, M.D., in 1968 tested the suit with a volunteer subject. The tests included the volunteer wearing the suit into an altitude chamber with the pressure reduced to 155mm mercury, and an arm inserted into a chamber with the pressure reduce to near vacuum: 5mm mercury. That 5mm mercury is the same atmospheric pressure as Mars.

http://chapters.marssociety.org/winnipeg/sas.html