As the commercial spaceflight industry transitions from suborbital brevity to orbital outposts, spacewalking will become a major consideration for tourists, scientists, and hardware providers. The challenge exists to develop a space suit designed for the orbital commercial spaceflight industry. The unique needs and requirements of this industry will drive space suit designs and costs that are unlike any existing product. Commercial space tourists will pay for the experience of a lifetime, while scientists may not be able to rely on robotics for all operations and external hardware repairs. This study was aimed at defining space suit operational and functional needs across the spectrum of spacewalk elements, identifying technical design drivers and establishing appropriate options. Recommendations from the analysis are offered for consideration


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    Title :

    Defining Operational Space Suit Requirements for Commercial Orbital Spaceflight


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    Conference:

    International Conference on Environmental Systems ; 2015 ; Bellevue, WA, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-07-12


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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