Introducing the bio suit

**Takeovers** · 11-02-2014, 01:29 AM

Found this article on bio suits.

This is a very different spacesuit. It is not pressurized by air inside but the fabric produces pressure directly on the body. Now this has one major advantage if applied to a shapely female astronaut, think Seven of Nine. This suit by necessity clings very close to the body.

It has secondary advantages too. In that kind of suit an astronaut can move much more freely and with less effort than in the traditional space suits which are like blown up balloons and the astronaut has to fight the resulting stiffness with every move.

Introducing Dava Newman

Dava Newman is professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

For the past dozen years, I have been working with colleagues and students here at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and with collaborators in various disciplines from around the world to develop a new kind of spacesuit. My hope is that the astronauts who some day walk on the surface of Mars will be protected by a future version of what we are calling the “BioSuit™.”

NASA - Building the Future Spacesuit

**wasabi** · 11-02-2014, 02:45 AM

After all these years the spacesuit is due to be modernised.

**Takeovers** · 11-02-2014, 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by wasabi

After all these years the spacesuit is due to be modernised.

At least one can hope. There are still obstacles to overcome and it is not really funded.

Something like this is absolutely needed if people want to stay and work for extended periods on Mars for example.

**BaitongBoy** · 11-02-2014, 05:36 AM

That will cost a bundle. I've heard some current suits are around $12,000,000...

**withnallstoke** · 11-02-2014, 07:33 AM

It's a giant step to prevent fat people becoming astronauts.

**Rainfall** · 11-02-2014, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Takeovers

Originally Posted by wasabi

After all these years the spacesuit is due to be modernised.

At least one can hope. There are still obstacles to overcome and it is not really funded.

Something like this is absolutely needed if people want to stay and work for extended periods on Mars for example.

There is more to consider for a hopeless rock like this. Low gravity, a suit ought to compensate with weight and resistance to movements to keep muscles, heart and organs happy. No magnetic field, blondie from the picture would have her head fried by radiation in no time under this clear glass helmet.

**ENT** · 11-02-2014, 11:00 AM

^ "... blondie from the picture would have her head fried by radiation in no time under this clear glass helmet."

That's a fact.

Cross polarized "black" glass may help?

**baldrick** · 11-02-2014, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

It's a giant step to prevent fat people becoming astronauts.

spandex failed in that regard

**MissTraveller** · 11-02-2014, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Takeovers

This suit by necessity clings very close to the body.

It has secondary advantages too. In that kind of suit an astronaut can move much more freely and with less effort than in the traditional space suits which are like blown up balloons and the astronaut has to fight the resulting stiffness with every move.

Very nice, and it is about time.. more suited to the feminine body and to move more freely..why didn't they come out with this before I wonder.

**aging one** · 11-02-2014, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by MissTraveller

Very nice, and it is about time.. more suited to the feminine body and to move more freely..why didn't they come out with this before I wonder.

Perhaps to be a bit more sure about sustaining life in the vaccuum of space.

**Butterfly** · 11-02-2014, 12:23 PM

camel toe !!!

**ENT** · 11-02-2014, 12:44 PM

I reckon that the colour's all wrong.

Black outer layer over two reflective and insulating inner layers would collect solar radiation which could be converted into electricity to power pumps, suit air-con etc.

**withnallstoke** · 11-02-2014, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

It's a giant step to prevent fat people becoming astronauts.

spandex failed in that regard

Good point.

Training for Apollo Mission

**Takeovers** · 11-02-2014, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by aging one

Originally Posted by MissTraveller

Very nice, and it is about time.. more suited to the feminine body and to move more freely..why didn't they come out with this before I wonder.

Perhaps to be a bit more sure about sustaining life in the vaccuum of space.

Actually the idea is not new. However only recently the materials needed to make it work have emerged.

It could never have been made for the Apollo moon missions. After that both NASA and the russian space agency have become extremely conservative prefering concepts from the Apollo era over anything newer.

About safety. This suit would actually be a lot safer. If a conventional suit is punctured the astronaut very likely dies from pressure loss. For this suit you can put a patch on and return inside without much hurry.

**Takeovers** · 11-02-2014, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by Rainfall

No magnetic field, blondie from the picture would have her head fried by radiation in no time under this clear glass helmet.

Originally Posted by ENT

That's a fact. Cross polarized "black" glass may help?

It is quite easy to make that helmet UV reflecting. The suit shown in the picture is to test the counterpressure concept not covering all aspects that an actual suit design would address.

But I believe, Rainfall was thinking of cosmic background radiation. IMO that is not nearly as big an issue as many people think. Also the martian atmosphere is thin but still provides some protection. In space the effects would be limited also because astronauts don't stay outside that much.

**chassamui** · 11-02-2014, 04:17 PM

Seven of nine gives me the wood. She can sit on my face anyday. sans suit of course.
To actually be able work in comfortable protective clothing is long overdue. Nothing to do with femininity at all. It just has to be safe and practical. It certainly looks like a step in the right direction, when you consider the parameters and functions required by the wearer and the potential locations used, it is pretty amazing.

**withnallstoke** · 11-02-2014, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by chassamui

She can sit on my face anyday. sans suit of course.

**chassamui** · 11-02-2014, 04:42 PM

^You b'stard you owe me a gallon of eye bleach.

**MissTraveller** · 11-02-2014, 11:13 PM

^You know you like it... big boy!

Originally Posted by Takeovers

Actually the idea is not new. However only recently the materials needed to make it work have emerged

The making of the bio suit in more detail here.

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