Dave Newman Discusses Spacesuits
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. hosted this event in 2019 to discuss various NASA spacesuits. MIT Professor Dava Newman discusses the technologies involved with making current suits.
Description
As we plan to launch astronauts back to the moon and to Mars, new spacesuits are in need. MIT Professor Dana Newman discusses the new technologies involved with the new and improved suits.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Why do spacesuit engineers watch some of the “Apollo bloopers?”
- Based on the clip, what are some of the things that a successful spacesuit has to do?
- How are some of the ways that the new spacesuits are different?
- What are some of the materials used to make the spacesuits?
- Look at the new spacesuit prototype and compare and contrast it with the Apollo spacesuit from decades ago.
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Interplanetary
- Mobile
- Orthogonal
- Paradigm
- Polymer