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Space Suit
Special protective gear worn as protection in space. (Read the full article)
| "Protective vacuum garments go back at least as far as Edison's Conquest of Mars (1898), a fascinating mixture of prescience and poppycock.
"Air-tight suits" are described as being rather similar to diving suits. They have heating mechanisms to shield against absolute zero temperatures, air tubes and tanks, and coils of wire coiled on the arm for conversation on airless world." (Kizor 1/12/2008 5:31:22 PM ) |
| "You're right - as it happens, I have those references. See "air-tight dress" and "aerial telegraph" from Edison's Conquest of Mars. I've been working on adding tags, which would solve part of the problem of finding things on the site, but it's taking a long time. " ( 1/12/2008 6:39:04 PM ) |
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