• Question: what material is an astronauts suit made from??? and why???

    Asked by david246 to Stephen, Lauren, Joseph, Eoin, Colm on 13 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: colm bracken

      colm bracken answered on 13 Nov 2013:

      Great question david246,
      Space suits are made from many different layers of special materials. Some are designed to keep the astronauts air inside, some are designed to keep out the extreme hot and cold that is in space. One of the weirdest parts of the suit is the body bladder. Is is made from loads of tiny tubes that cover the guys body and then water gets pumped through the tubes to keep him/her at the right temperature!

    • Photo: Eoin O Colgain

      Eoin O Colgain answered on 16 Nov 2013:

      In addition to UV and particle radiation, space suits also should deal with micrometeoroids that can travel at up to 27,000 km/h! These sound like they pack quite a punch 🙁

    • Photo: Joseph Roche

      Joseph Roche answered on 16 Nov 2013:

      Many many layers.

      Here is a helpful diagram:

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