Rene-NASA-Mooned-America

Blowholes Of Sea & Space / Chap. 12 p. 106
Civilization was created by and continues because of our ability to construct buildings
and machinery. Construction of any sort depends on being able to design members that are
stiff enough to resist the predicted loads. Those predictions are all based on the fact that
whenever we add anything to any structural member, whether paper thin or yards thick;
whether flexible as a sheet of rubber or as stiff as concrete column, the addition will increase
the resistance to bend (the stiffness).
The "Michelin Man" effect of any fabric space suit precludes any real work being done
in open space. I believe, the Hubble was worked on with the space doors shut and the bay
pressurized, or the tapes were synthesized underwater in the crystal clear pools, where the
astronauts practice for space missions. Or they could have developed an armored, articulated
suit that is covered with fabric as a disguise. It is not likely, because the hands can't be
armored and then must end in hooks. This may have been no more than a slip of the tongue,
but at 5:30 Friday morning, December 10, 1993 I was watching the release of the repaired
Hubble on CNN. An announcer, named Bob, was describing it and said the words,
"commanded the Shuttle doors to open".
Despite the fact that I have been assured by various NASA space experts that space
gloves allow manual dexterity, and suits do not balloon, I shall reserve judgment until
NASA publicly demonstrates that I'm wrong about the amount of zipper leakage and
ballooning of Apollo suits and gloves. Let them take one of the suits (say the one in the
Museum of Space in Washington, DC) and suit up an experienced spacewalking astronaut.
Eric Chaisson also let the pressure cat out of NASA's space bags. He claims the suit pressure
is 4.1 psi. 26 With this figure in mind, let's have NASA pump in 18.8 psi into the suits for the
demo. This is equal to the differential in pressure between 4.1 psi in the suit when it is in
space and the zero pressure found there.
If NASA complies, get your cameras ready folks. I predict that at any of the pressures
described for the suits the astronaut choose for the demonstration will resemble the "Michelin
Man" and wouldn't be able to move very well. I also predict that if the input air is metered as
to volume, it will show that the suit leaks more cubic feet of air in 15 minutes than all the
oxygen the PLSS could have held.
ADDENDUM
Something one of my readers said gave me the idea to test the body when placed in a 5.2
psi atmosphere. After all, this was the pressure the astronauts were supposed to live at when
in space. I removed the space-glove from my vacuum chamber and inserted my right arm.
Since the machine automatically takes in air through a small valve purposely left open to
prevent continual starting and stopping of the vacuum pump, I figured that all I had to do
was turn the switch off and the vacuum would quickly dissipate. I threw the switch and the
vacuum began to suck my forearm deeper into the chamber.
This meant that more flesh was being jammed into the opening. As the gauge
approached 5 inches of hg (2.43 psi), it felt as if a tourniquet was being applied. I couldn't
see any change in the hand but it felt like it was swelling. There was also that feeling of
pins and needles that came much quicker than any tourniquet could have caused.
As the needle approached the 10 inches of hg (4.6-psi) I became light-headed and decided
to shut the machine down. The motor stopped and the dial began to drop. It probably
NASA MOONED AMERICA! / Rene