Timeline for What are the quickdraws for around the torsos of the crew-1 crew?
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| May 6, 2021 at 12:03 | comment | added | DrSheldon | @Earthworm: The Sokol and ACES suits I describe above are the latest suits, not "suits of the 60s". | |
| May 4, 2021 at 15:01 | comment | added | user40414 | I too think it's not because of a sausage effect (they are cut pretty tight) but to enable the astronaut to quickly access those straps single handed, to secure themselves either at their hip or at their shoulders and switch fixing in weightlessness. Those suits of today are different from the ones of the '60s, in both function and material. | |
| May 4, 2021 at 15:01 | comment | added | asdfex | If this is "Nonsense" - why aren't the Crew-1 straps worn during launch, docking, return and splashdown? | |
| May 4, 2021 at 13:16 | comment | added | DrSheldon | @asdfex: Nonsense. The strap stays on through recovery, even if it is not technically "needed", until the suit is finally taken off. You can see this in pictures of recovered Mercury and Soyuz crew; they are still wearing the strap. Indeed, it is hard to find a picture of these suits being worn without the strap. | |
| May 4, 2021 at 10:48 | comment | added | asdfex | I don't think that's an answer to the question... The type of strap you describe would be needed in space (e.g. also on the trip up), but not after landing. | |
| May 4, 2021 at 6:59 | history | answered | DrSheldon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |