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space suit [′spās ‚süt] (engineering) A pressure suit for wear in space or at very low ambient pressures within the atmosphere, designed to permit the wearer to leave the protection of a pressurized cabin. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Astronaut Farmer" is a strange breed of achieve-your-goal cinema, one that seems to exaggerate and criticize the subgenre's inherent Americana (we first meet Charles wearing a spacesuit on horseback, riding after a wandering calf). So do communications equipment manufacturers, spacesuit designers, and many other enterprises, releasing pent-up innovation and creativity as NASA's long-lived monopoly on space, or at least suborbital space, wheezes to an end. The spacesuit is an essential part of any legitimate test but the bureaucracy and cost that comes along with getting what's out there on the market now makes getting one an expensive hassle," said Rich Pournelle, a XCOR spokesman. |
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