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[bulldogtrekker]

Sometimes the headline to a story is worded in order to encourage the public to read the story. I think this is the case in this situation.

And, to the public, they know the difference between a flight suit and a space suit from the shuttle flights and movies like Apollo 13.

I am glad you guys read the posts.

[Gord Green]

The suit pressure would only have to be slightly higher than cabin pressure to maintain the rigidity of the helmet. Makes a lot of sense and must be more comfortable to wear and much easier to put on and take off.. Love the look though, and it could come in different colors too.

[Custer]

Today's The Times newspaper has an article on the new blue suits, headlined "Smurfs in Space"...

[bulldogtrekker]

Stephen Colbert wore the blue space suit on his 2/24/17 episode. It is definitely a space suit.
LINK:

http://beyondearth.com/stephen-colbert-suits-up-starliner-style/

and here is the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUO5HO0C8qc

and here are two photos:

[Krel]

To be worn in the capsule. It's a pressure suit. However, if I see video, or photos of them spacewalking in one, then I will admit it is a space suit.

How come we know that space suit is two words, but Boeing doesn't?

David.

[Bud Brewster]

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I finally found a website that addressed the question of whether or not the Boeing suits were just "in the spacecraft" suits to protect against a drop in pressure, of if they were designed for actual EVA's.

The article in TechRevu included these paragraphs.
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When astronauts climb into the Starliner for their trip to the ISS and beyond, they won't wear a full EVA suit like the ones NASA currently packs astronauts off in.

Instead, they'll put on the "Boeing Blue" space suite designed for the Starliner, a lightweight, flexible suit that's easier to put on and take off whose mission isn't to boldly go into hard vacuum, but to get them safely to the station and back again.

It makes sense. The Starliner may offer a shirtsleeve environment, but astronauts may experience a variety of different pressures as they transit to the space station, and the possibility of pressure loss in the cabin can't be ignored.

It may not be a full fledged EVA suit, but it's got some features that NASA suits can only envy, including a 40% weight reduction over current suits, and much greater flieibility.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Krel]

[Bud Brewster]

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Don't be so tough on folks, David. I make more typos than anybody around here, and yet I fix dozens of other folks' mistake's on All Sci-Fi everyday!

I just want us all to look as smart as we really are.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Krel]

[Gord Green]

The Mercury suits were not "space suits" either, they also were pressure suits. The first true "space suits" were developed for the Gemini program and they even had drawbacks during EVA. As with the Russian suits that Leonov used, White found that full pressurization made re-entry to the capsule difficult as the expansion made the suit too big to fit in the hatch.

The true EVA suit wasn't developed until the Apollo Lunar surface suit.

If you recall, the Apollo astronauts basically were in "long underwear" during most of their flight.

[Bud Brewster]

[Gord Green]

Did you mean "CHIEF" ?????????????????

[Krel]

[Bud Brewster]

[scotpens]