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India Unveils Its Own Spacesuit Design for 2022 Astronaut Flights
Space.com ^
| September 10, 2018 02:57pm ET
| Meghan Bartels,
Posted on 09/11/2018 2:40:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The display comes weeks after the country announced an ambitious timeline to launch its first crewed mission by 2022 in time to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the country's independence. The human-spaceflight program is called Gaganyaan and will build on the legacy of India's first astronaut, Rakesh Sharma, who flew in 1984. But this time, India is developing every aspect of the program, which means tackling problems like spacesuit design.
The spacesuits, which have been in the works for two years, are each equipped with an oxygen cylinder that can support an astronaut for an hour, local reports added.
The first crewed flight in the program is expected to last between five and seven days and carry three astronauts into orbit.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: 2022; astronaut; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; india; rakeshsharma; spacesuit; spacex
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posted on
09/11/2018 2:40:25 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/11/2018 2:41:52 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(If I knew when I was going to need my gun, I wouldn't need my gun.)
To: BenLurkin
One hour worth of oxygen? Really?
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09/11/2018 2:43:02 PM PDT
by
Crusher138
("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
To: BenLurkin
Without even looking I knew it was orange...................
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posted on
09/11/2018 2:43:45 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
To: mad_as_he$$
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posted on
09/11/2018 2:45:19 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
To: Crusher138
Guess they figure that if the hole is too big to patch in sixty minutes then they’re not getting back home anyway.
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posted on
09/11/2018 2:45:40 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/11/2018 2:47:24 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/11/2018 2:47:25 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(If I knew when I was going to need my gun, I wouldn't need my gun.)
To: BenLurkin
Where can I having the Slurpee?
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I am thinking the space capsule will reek of curry & garam masala.
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posted on
09/11/2018 3:04:48 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(One million LEGAL immigrants/year is too many, without vetting for skills, Wealth or English skills.)
To: BenLurkin
It looks like a prop from a low budget TV show in the early 60s.
To: Rockingham
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posted on
09/11/2018 3:08:56 PM PDT
by
Bratch
("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
To: Bratch
The narrow hoses coming out of the front look like they were swiped from a Camelbak water bladder. There also appears to be...wait, what?....an RS-232 cable hanging from the side. And the gloves look like work gloves they bought at Home Depot and stretched over the cuffs. As for those boots or whatever they are, words fail me.
All I can say is I hope they have plenty of backup astronauts lined up. I think theyre going to need them.
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09/11/2018 4:10:58 PM PDT
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noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
To: Bratch
Not quite as stylish as the ones used on Moon Base Alpha back in 1999.
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09/11/2018 4:15:51 PM PDT
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wally_bert
(Terrific! Terrific? Harve Nyquist never ordered any radials.)
To: BenLurkin
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09/11/2018 4:18:22 PM PDT
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Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: BenLurkin
The suit modeled was a mockup, it isn’t the suit pictured in the poster, which is a real space suit.
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posted on
09/11/2018 4:24:06 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
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posted on
09/11/2018 4:24:25 PM PDT
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salmon76
(A Red Wall will stop a Blue Wave every time, so BUILD THE WALL!)
To: noiseman
As for those boots or whatever they are, words fail me.
To me, the boots look like they're on backwards.
To: SunkenCiv
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09/11/2018 4:30:29 PM PDT
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fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
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