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It might be possible to make a hard suit where the inside is around 35 bar, which should be easier to work in (if maybe still uncomfortable), and reduce the str
by voidUpdate 1y ago
It might be possible to make a hard suit where the inside is around 35 bar, which should be easier to work in (if maybe still uncomfortable), and reduce the stress on the suit of a 70 bar difference
- hermitcrab 1y agoNewtsuits have apparently been tested to 90 Bar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtsuit I believe they maintain ~1 Bar inside. Not sure if something like that could be built to protect a fragile human from the temperature differential, though. Better to send a robot?
- voidUpdate 1y agoThat's exactly what I was thinking of, I just didn't know the name. If they can do 90 bar, that's fine too, I didn't know what pressures they were rated to
- hermitcrab 1y agoThe article says they are rated to 30 bar, but have been tested to 90 bar. Presumably with no human inside for 90 bar!