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Operations => Aerospace Education => Topic started by: Brad on July 18, 2013, 02:36:37 AM

Title: Spacewalk aborted after astronaut nearly drowns in own suit
Post by: Brad on July 18, 2013, 02:36:37 AM
Eek! Would hate to file the mishap report for that one!  ;)

http://video.foxnews.com/v/2551386264001/spacewalk-aborted-after-astronaut-nearly-drowns-in-own-suit/ (http://video.foxnews.com/v/2551386264001/spacewalk-aborted-after-astronaut-nearly-drowns-in-own-suit/)
Title: Re: Spacewalk aborted after astronaut nearly drowns in own suit
Post by: Eclipse on July 18, 2013, 02:44:16 AM
Have they figured out / said what it was?  Early reports were "it doesn't taste like drinking water".
Title: Re: Spacewalk aborted after astronaut nearly drowns in own suit
Post by: Brad on July 18, 2013, 02:48:46 AM
My guess is a malfunction in the liquid cooling vest, since it uses water tubes sewn onto the garment, and since it's a full-body garment. That's the only place I could think that much water would come from.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Lcvg.jpg)

(Wish we had that with firefighting in my area. Stupid southern summers!)