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NASA Dressing for Altitude U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits Wiley Post Space Shuttle
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Numero oggetto eBay:373081936248
Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Note del venditore
- “This Book is NEW minor shelf wear on slipcover, see photos”
- Region
- North America
- Modified Item
- No
- Subject
- Modern Space Wear
- Place of Publication
- Washington D.C.
- Topic
- NASA suits for Space
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Year Printed
- 2012
- Original/Facsimile
- Original
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780160901102
Informazioni su questo prodotto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
United States Government Printing OFFICE
ISBN-10
0160901103
ISBN-13
9780160901102
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143548365
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dressing for Altitude : U. S. Aviation Pressure Suits-Wiley Post to Space Shuttle
Number of Pages
526 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Aviation / General, United States / 20th Century, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Technology & Engineering, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.8 in
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
11.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-004448
Reviews
Review from Goodreads: Steve rated it with 4 stars and had this to say, "Interesting history of the early days of aerospace pressure suits. Many excellent photos."
Synopsis
Anybody who has watched many movies or television shows has seen them - the ubiquitous silver suits worn by pilots as they explore the unknown. They are called pressure suts, and one can trace their lineage to Wiley Post or, perhaps, a bit earlier. There are two kinds of pressure suits: partial pressure and full pressure. David Clark, once pointed out that these were not very good names, but they are the ones that stuck. In a partial-pressure suit, the counter-pressure is not as complete as in a full-pressure suit, but it is placed so that shifts in body fluids are kept within reachable limits. On the other hand, a full-pressure suit, which is an anthropomorphic pressure vessel, creates an artificial environment for the pilot. One type of pressure suit is not necessarily "better" than the other, and both partial-pressure and full-pressure suits are still in limited use around the world. Both types of suits have benefits and limitations and, by and large, pilots dislike both, even while acknowledging their necessity. For the past 60 years, they have been an indispensable part of a small fragment of the aviation world. Although spacesuits, which differ from pressure suits in subtle but important ways, have been well covered in literature, pressure suits have gone unheralded except as an introduction to the spacesuit histories. This book is an attempt to correct that and covers pressure suits from the beginning through the end of the Space Shuttle Program., The definitive story of pressure suits began long ago and has involved a great many people to obtain the present state of the art as this book well chronicles. Many of these people were visionaries who anticipated the need for such highly specialized equipment long before it could actually be employed in any practical application. A remarkable number of pressure suit designs were developed early on, the vast majority of which never made it into flight, amounting to little more than science projects. Nonetheless, these early "experiments" informed later work, which led to practical pressure suits when they were needed for high altitude flight. All successful pressure suit designs have been the result of efforts to address a specific need in a specific application, beginning with Wiley Post's pressure suit designed for use in his Lockheed Vega, the Winnie Mae . Long considered the granddaddy of modern pressure suits, interestingly, Post's suit was employed principally for protection from hypoxia rather than decompression sickness, since his Lockheed Vega's altitude ceiling was 50,000 feet. The first operational full-pressure suit employed (in the D-558-2 Douglas Sky-Rocket) for flight above 50,000 feet was also the result of a collaboration between suit designers and pilot (Scott Crossfield). This close collaboration continued on for the development of the landmark full pressure suit for the X-15 program. The X-15 suit first employed link-net material, originally conceived for the neck section of early U-2 pilot Helmets to aid pressurized mobility, for the entire restraint layer of the suit. This unique material greatly facilitated custom suit fitting and enhanced pilot comfort and remains in use to the present. Thus, the X-15 suit is really the granddaddy of modern-day pressure suits as it led directly to the standardized military full-pressure suits that followed and continue in service to the present. Further, the X-15's high performance required that the pressure suit be capable of withstanding exposure to extreme altitudes, temperatures, and high-Q ejections, thus setting the stage to satisfy similar requirements for later programs, namely the A-12, SR-71, XB-70. and Space Shuttle.
LC Classification Number
TL697.P7J46 2012
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