Weight of a Kerbal?

[Penguinhero]

I was looking at the wiki and it said that Kerbals in the command seat add 0.09375 tons to the craft, or 187.5 lbs (85.04856937 kg). now the average weight of a human is about 180 lbs (81.6466 kg). theirs nothing wrong with that because Kerbin has the same gravity as Earth except that the kerbals are wearing a space suit. the Apollo 11 suits were 200 lbs (90.7185 kg), so that raises a question, how much does a kerbal weigh and how much their spacesuit weighs?

[Retread]

Kerbals are gaseous beings, and therefore weightless (although not massless), that's why you never see them outside of their spacesuits, they'd just dissipate. The suits, on the other hand, weigh 187.5 lbs.

[TechnicalK3rbal]

Ell, if the spacesuit weighs ~90kg, and they add ~85kg, obviously the kerbals weigh -5 kg, and have discovered how to have the opposite of mass.

[Mak33]

Kerbals are gaseous beings, and therefore weightless (although not massless), that's why you never see them outside of their spacesuits, they'd just dissipate. The suits, on the other hand, weigh 187.5 lbs.

How can you assume that gases don't weigh anything on planet Kerbin? The only weigh we can calculate the weight of the space suit is if we know the weight of a Kerbal.

[Tex_NL]

Everything in KSP uses the more logical metric system. Therefor it is safe to assume the ton is a metric ton. 1 metric ton = 1000 kg. 0,09375 ton = 93,75 kg.

[Mak33]

After reviewing files of some top secret KSP projects, it appears that they have found a way to create a weightless space suit. It is of course very well known that all Kerbals weigh exactly 187.5 lbs on Kerbin, regardless of their courage or stupidity levels.

[Smidge204]

Kerbals are also half the height of a human, with much smaller bodies. The 93kg includes the EVA suit and pack.

So if a human + EVA pack weights ~180kg, then a Kerbal + EVA pack which is less than half the size being ~90kg seems reasonable to me.

=Smidge=