I think Adam Savage has actually gone into this a bit on his YouTube channel, dude really likes space suits and have a lot of videos about them so I'm not even going to try to find which specific video it was
I would say, a space suit (Being a suit to protect a human agianst space), is clothing like, equipment, such the same as a suit of armour or CRBN suit. Where an EVA suit (Being a vehicle allowing mobilty in low/no gravity areas), is a vehicle like, mech suit, such the same as an exoskeleton.
The apollo era space suits (A7-L) where generally produced in an "EVA" configuration. It had protective, cooling and comfort layers but no mobilty enhancement. I would personally think they count more as a protective suit than a veichle, as compared to the MMU with mobility enhancing features.
I personally consider the A7-L, not a proper EVA unit, it does not allow activity in space outside of a veichle or terrestrial body. An MMU veichle can be used to perform a wide range of activities outside the ISS wereas an IL-7, could not.
ofc it's all personal speculation and arguments can be made all around, thats just my take on it.
Somewhere in the climax of Revelation Space (book by Alistair Reynolds), he describes the "suit" taking the character from the orbiting ship to the surface as "more of a spaceship with room for precisely one occupant"
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IcedRaktajino@startrek.website · 82 pts · 344d
Drusas@fedia.io · 16 pts · 344d
It took me way too long to parse this sentence.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 344d
Me too. But I'm drunk. What's your excuse?
18107@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 344d
I'm stupid, but in the morning you'll be sober
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 343d
Thanks, Apocryphal Einstein
Drusas@fedia.io · 2 pts · 343d
There's a fuzzy line between clothes and vehicles that sit right in the middle of
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 344d
Fondots@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 343d
I think Adam Savage has actually gone into this a bit on his YouTube channel, dude really likes space suits and have a lot of videos about them so I'm not even going to try to find which specific video it was
HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 344d
I would say, a space suit (Being a suit to protect a human agianst space), is clothing like, equipment, such the same as a suit of armour or CRBN suit. Where an EVA suit (Being a vehicle allowing mobilty in low/no gravity areas), is a vehicle like, mech suit, such the same as an exoskeleton.
Yes we generally only use EVA suits in space
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 343d
Do the Apollo era EVA suits count as vehicles, or do you have to have an MMU like what Bruce McCandless wore?
HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 343d
The apollo era space suits (A7-L) where generally produced in an "EVA" configuration. It had protective, cooling and comfort layers but no mobilty enhancement. I would personally think they count more as a protective suit than a veichle, as compared to the MMU with mobility enhancing features.
I personally consider the A7-L, not a proper EVA unit, it does not allow activity in space outside of a veichle or terrestrial body. An MMU veichle can be used to perform a wide range of activities outside the ISS wereas an IL-7, could not.
ofc it's all personal speculation and arguments can be made all around, thats just my take on it.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 343d
Somewhere in the climax of Revelation Space (book by Alistair Reynolds), he describes the "suit" taking the character from the orbiting ship to the surface as "more of a spaceship with room for precisely one occupant"