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Old 30-November-2004, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Flimshaw
Thanks for all the info guys. Some good reading

I have another question though. How would you develop a spacesuit for unknown conditions? Would you base it on educated guesses or just make a suit that could withstand the worst environment?
Depends on the range of "unknown". Making a suit that would work both on Venus and Pluto would be a hard thing to achieve.
So, can you be a little more specific?

Harald

PS: BTW, in my first post I forgot my manners ops: Welcome to the BABB, Flimshaw.
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