Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 27, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 27, 2014 NASA vows to correct problems that led to dangerous EVA leak A fundamental misunderstanding of how water behaves in the cooling system of a spacesuit operating in weightlessness, combined with institutional complacency and a perceived pressure to avoid delays, resulted in a frightening, potentially fatal close call last summer when water flooded a spacewalker's helmet outside the International Space Station, NASA managers said Wednesday.With his eyes and ears covered by a growing blob of water -- and faced with the counter-intuitive but very real prospect of drowning in the vacuum of space -- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano made it back to the safety of the station's airlock in the nick of time, assisted by fellow spacewalker Christopher Cassidy. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikko-kun Posted February 27, 2014 #2 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That's what you get for not getting the basics right. Not that I can afford to blame em. Glad sir Parmitano made it back in one piece tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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