Performance of new space suit designs is typically tested quantitatively in laboratory tests, at both the component and integrated systems levels. As the suit moves into neutral buoyancy testing, it is evaluated qualitatively by experienced subjects, and used to perform tasks with known times in earlier generation suits. This paper details the equipment design and test methodology for extended space suit performance metrics which might be achieved by appropriate instrumentation during operational testing. This paper presents a candidate taxonomy of testing categories applicable to EVA systems, such as reach, mobility, workload, and so forth. In each category, useful technologies are identified which will enable the necessary measurements to be made. In the subsequent section, each of these technologies are examined for feasibility, including examples of existing technologies where available. All of these measurements systems taken together can provide a much more detailed and quantitative evaluation of a pressure suit in realistic simulations of its operating environment.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Neutral Buoyancy Technologies for Extended Performance Testing of Advanced Space Suits


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 2003



    Publication date :

    2003-07-07




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Neutral Buoyancy Technologies for Extended Performance Testing of Advanced Space Suits

    Akin, D. L. / Braden, J. R. / SAE | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2003


    Advanced Space Suits

    Ross, Amy | NTRS | 2016


    Advanced Space Suits

    A. Ross | NTIS | 2016


    Thermal technologies for space suits

    Mays, D.C. / Campbell, A.B. / Nair, S.S. et al. | Tema Archive | 2001


    Fishing-float buoyancy suits and holder thereof

    HAN IN SEOP | European Patent Office | 2018

    Free access