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I think the Kerbal's space suits might be faulty.

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KerbMav

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Inflatable suits! Not very protective against debris, but a lot lighter and easier to pack.

Actually1, one could say that every suit is inflatable, as it is a pressurized flexible hull. :wink:

Actually2, space suits are protected against debris/micrometeoriods by a thick elastic layer that seals the suit after being penetrated. Better a hole in your leg than a hole in your suit that will not close!

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NASAFanboy

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Meanwhile in LKO.

"Houston, we have a probelm. My ass is stuck in the hatch. Houston? Houston? Stop laughing dammit, this isn't funny. Urgh...darn, can't wiggle out of it. Stop laughing, no, no, stop laughing! I'm serious here!"

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Xaelath

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Meanwhile in LKO.

"Houston, we have a probelm. My ass is stuck in the hatch. Houston? Houston? Stop laughing dammit, this isn't funny. Urgh...darn, can't wiggle out of it. Stop laughing, no, no, stop laughing! I'm serious here!"

Made my night. Thank you sir.

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Starwhip

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Meanwhile in LKO.

"Houston, we have a probelm. My ass is stuck in the hatch. Houston? Houston? Stop laughing dammit, this isn't funny. Urgh...darn, can't wiggle out of it. Stop laughing, no, no, stop laughing! I'm serious here!"

My god, that's funny. Might have to put a spin on this in my signature.

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MarvinKitFox

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But think of the enormous functionality that had to be built in to those suits!!

I just sent Jeb on an external command chair, to Eeloo. 5 years (new years) in transit! And he didn't once have to got o the bathroom.

Now you try to fit all that tech in a normal-sized suit!

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But think of the enormous functionality that had to be built in to those suits!!

I just sent Jeb on an external command chair, to Eeloo. 5 years (new years) in transit! And he didn't once have to got o the bathroom.

Now you try to fit all that tech in a normal-sized suit!

Duh, the command seats are designed as toilets, too!

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peadar1987

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Meanwhile in LKO.

"Houston, we have a probelm. My ass is stuck in the hatch. Houston? Houston? Stop laughing dammit, this isn't funny. Urgh...darn, can't wiggle out of it. Stop laughing, no, no, stop laughing! I'm serious here!"

You may laugh, but on the first ever EVA, Alexey Leonov's suit expanded to such a degree that he couldn't get back in the hatch, and had to manually bleed off pressure from inside until he could. With a dwindling oxygen supply, I'd say that was pretty nerve-wracking!

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r_rolo1

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Meanwhile in LKO.

"Houston, we have a probelm. My ass is stuck in the hatch. Houston? Houston? Stop laughing dammit, this isn't funny. Urgh...darn, can't wiggle out of it. Stop laughing, no, no, stop laughing! I'm serious here!"

Hum that is actually saner than what happened in Apollo 10, when a floating turd appeard from somewhere and the crew started discussing who had left it in the open :D.

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Liowen

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But think of the enormous functionality that had to be built in to those suits!!

I just sent Jeb on an external command chair, to Eeloo. 5 years (new years) in transit! And he didn't once have to got o the bathroom.

Now you try to fit all that tech in a normal-sized suit!

Catheter and a colostomy bag (minus the bag of course) would be the easiest answer. The liquid waste would freeze due to the fact that a liquid cannot exist in a vacuum, and if it were used properly it could propel the craft like a frozen pee monoprop (that's a pleasant image right there). As for the solid waste it would just float away somewhere, maybe seeding life on a distant planet. Kind of makes you wonder if that is how life on this planet really started......maybe not LOL.

I really need to stop watching the science channel I am learning some really weird things.....

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RocketBlam

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Strangely enough, in the 1960's, one cosmonaut almost couldn't get back into his capsule because his suit had inflated and he couldn't get through the door (no word on how he got out in this state). Only by partially depressurizing his suit was he able to get back in.

ETA: And... I knew I should have read page 2.

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magnemoe

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The door is just for passing small things in and out. When they want to actually put Kerbals in, the entire casing of the command pod swings out, leaving just the frame and the seats. Easy access!

Or the helmet or at least part of it is flexible and of the same material as the rest of the suit, it makes some sense with the large heads and that the helmets are round and inflated by pressure. An hard helmet would fit the head closer

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I'd put my money on those helmets being far more flexible than they look. Why you ask? ever seen a kerbal deorbit without a craft and survive because he landed helmet first and bounced instead of poofed? Those things have to be crazy durable and springy to handle that kind of impact with no visable deformation after the fact and yet still dampen the impact to survivable levels.

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