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![]() How can space explorers walk around easily when the surface gravity of a celestial body is twice that of the Earth?
Note that this precedes Heinlein's powered suit by about twenty years. However, it is really not a fully-powered exoskeleton. It appears to be primarily intended for walking, climbing, standing - lower-body muscle amplification.
Upper-body power is specifically not available:
He'd intended to hold them out horizontally in front of him, but the effort, under that gravity, was distinctly uncomfortable.
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