“The Apollo Moon Suit” in “Man in Space” by Marvin L. Stone. Nelson Doubleday (1967).
“The Apollo Suit, as it has evolved, is really an integrated series of garments, several separate layers in all. The first layer is a liquid-cooled undergarment circulating cool water through small tubes in direct contact with the skin. The second layer is the pressure garment, or the actual suit assembly. Because the soft pressure garment tends to take a spherical shape when pressurized, a variety of over-sized joints are built to provide mobility. Covering the pressure suit is a micrometeoroid-protection garment composed of lightweight materials arranged to provide as much protection as a thin sheet of aluminum. Finally, there is a thermal over-garment composed of many thin layers of super-insulation with a white synthetic fabric as an outer layer.
“The Apollo Suit weights almost fifty pounds. The backpack, with its radio, medical-sensing devices, oxygen supply and ventilation, weighs another sixty-five pounds. You end up with a well-protected – and overloaded – space explorer.” [From the text]
“The Apollo Moon Suit” in “Man in Space” by Marvin L. Stone. Nelson Doubleday (1967).
“The Apollo Suit, as it has evolved, is really an integrated series of garments, several separate layers in all. The first layer is a liquid-cooled undergarment circulating cool water through small tubes in direct contact with the skin. The second layer is the pressure garment, or the actual suit assembly. Because the soft pressure garment tends to take a spherical shape when pressurized, a variety of over-sized joints are built to provide mobility. Covering the pressure suit is a micrometeoroid-protection garment composed of lightweight materials arranged to provide as much protection as a thin sheet of aluminum. Finally, there is a thermal over-garment composed of many thin layers of super-insulation with a white synthetic fabric as an outer layer.
“The Apollo Suit weights almost fifty pounds. The backpack, with its radio, medical-sensing devices, oxygen supply and ventilation, weighs another sixty-five pounds. You end up with a well-protected – and overloaded – space explorer.” [From the text]