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re: Yes, and the middle aluminum part is the machining needed.

nick hoffman — 4/1/2007 4:15:40 PM (archived)

Did you mean the waist-ring?:-

Or the whole "central unit"?:-

(these photos, btw, date from 2001 when I visited NASA Mission Control in Houston Tx. for the Annual LPSC in 2001. Back then, security was much more open. We scientists were invited onto base and got to see and play with the actual hardware. Nowadays, even credentialed scientists are barred from the base and it seems you have to be a "disadvantaged schoolkid" to touch real stuff. The scientists have to make do with pretend stuff...

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• FedBizOpps Mark III Spacesuit Hardware - Chris Vancil - 3/30/2007 10:11:03 AM
  • re: Mark III Spacesuit ; is this it ? - Raoul - 3/30/2007 5:40:25 PM
    • Yes, I think so... - nick hoffman - 4/1/2007 4:02:19 PM
      • re:What kind of freedom inside the suit? - Raoul - 4/1/2007 8:45:01 PM
        • re: re:What kind of freedom inside the suit? - nick hoffman - 4/2/2007 9:42:41 AM
          • Spending more and more time inside a spacesuit - Raoul - 4/2/2007 8:58:17 PM
            • re: Spending more and more time inside a spacesuit - Chris Vancil - 4/3/2007 6:19:44 AM
              • Apollo led the way here - nick hoffman - 4/3/2007 10:21:33 AM
                • re: Apollo led the way here - Chris Vancil - 4/3/2007 10:37:26 PM
                  • Irwin indeed didn't drink enough and almost fainted on the ladder - Raoul - 4/4/2007 4:29:45 PM
                • re: Apollo 8 - Raoul - 4/3/2007 5:39:39 PM
            • Smaller and lighter - nick hoffman - 4/2/2007 11:04:32 PM
    • re: Yes, and the middle aluminum part is the machining needed. - Chris Vancil - 3/30/2007 7:49:30 PM
      • re: Yes, and the middle aluminum part is the machining needed. - nick hoffman - 4/1/2007 4:15:40 PM
        • re: Yes, and the middle aluminum part is the machining needed. - Chris Vancil - 4/2/2007 12:48:42 AM
      • Speaking of tolerances. - Lee - 4/1/2007 4:27:05 AM
      • A high pressure, "no pre-breathing" suit, I believe. - TB - 3/30/2007 11:34:49 PM
        • re: A high pressure, "no pre-breathing" suit, I believe. - Chris Vancil - 3/31/2007 7:31:23 AM
          • They badly need a high-pressure suit. - TB - 3/31/2007 4:38:13 PM
            • re: They badly need a high-pressure suit. - Chris Vancil - 3/31/2007 11:43:09 PM