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On 28 Nov 95 at 10:00, A.Appleyard wrote:
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> planet much easier than a helmet. Does anyone out there know of a real
> spacesuit or complete pressure suit with a soft hood rather than a helmet?
The Russians have soft-helmet, entry-though the backpack pressure
suits. This considerably simplifies design, as there are only four
rigid openable points (the lower helmet section, the backpack itself
and the two gloves).
The americans also have a soft-hood pressure suit. Such a suit was
only used once, during a long-duration (some 2 weeks) Gemini mission.
In this case, the head was encased in a detachable bag with rigid
lexan partial faceplate.
(From Apollo on, the Americans have used fishbowl-style rigid
helmet pressure suits).
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