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Ok, I'm confused here. I have to ask: Why would anyone need to assume seiza position on the moon anyway? :unsure2:

Ah Lil...a question I posed several posts back when Ipointed put that it was what Turb was asking about.

i couldn't fathomm the requirement for such a design constraint!

Alas...no answer!

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Ah, but you see, you actually know what you're looking at and talking about, unlike our integrity-challenged counterpart... ;)

Its amusing, and also extremely telling, that when given the proof he's asked for (the pictures and videos posted), Turbs apparently chooses to completely ignore it / them and continue to ignorantly prattle on.

:rolleyes:

True enough... and actually, if you watch the Part 4 video just after the screenshot I posted, the person testing the suit does actually go right down to a kness-fully-on-the-ground kneeling position. As you've surmised, though, he doesn't go into a full sitting down position.

Cz

Yea...I think kneeling's functional (as we've seen many a surface astronaut do during an EVA, especially Charlie on 16, and Jack on 17 do (sometimes, because they had to!).

Never got the requirement for being able to sit on one's knees.

:tu:

Ah, but you see, you actually know what you're looking at and talking about, unlike our integrity-challenged counterpart... ;)

Its amusing, and also extremely telling, that when given the proof he's asked for (the pictures and videos posted), Turbs apparently chooses to completely ignore it / them and continue to ignorantly prattle on.

:rolleyes:

True enough... and actually, if you watch the Part 4 video just after the screenshot I posted, the person testing the suit does actually go right down to a kness-fully-on-the-ground kneeling position. As you've surmised, though, he doesn't go into a full sitting down position.

Cz

Yea...I think kneeling's functional (as we've seen many a surface astronaut do during an EVA, especially Charlie on 16, and Jack on 17 do (sometimes, because they had to!).

Never got the requirement for being able to sit on one's knees.

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He don't know Sky!

I don't think he realizes that no one could've ingressed, or egressed a Gemini spacecraft in a suit that didn't have movable joints.

Just getting in and out required them!

But still!

He wants deep knee bends...or pictures of someone sitting on his legs in a suit!

God... :cry:

Don't be surprised if he ask for a video of an astronaut doing push ups and jumping jacks.

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Don't be surprised if he ask for a video of an astronaut doing push ups and jumping jacks.

Part 4 or Part 5 of the Moon Machines video shows a person doing push-ups, running in place and playing catch football in a pressurized production model Apollo Lunar EVA suit.

All the evidence Turbs is asking for is in that series of videos I've posted, yet it seems he has refused to look at them.

Why would anyone with even a singular shred of integrity or intellectual honesty refuse to look at the evidence he has been asking for.......? :rolleyes:

Cz

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yep, and if Turbs bothered to read such material as US SPACESUITS by Ken Thomas, he'd be aware of the complex development history of the Apollo suits, the rigourous testing, the many suits that did not make the cut, etc.

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Don't be surprised if he ask for a video of an astronaut doing push ups and jumping jacks.

Charlie did some push ups...necessarily...so did Jack S (they both fell down alot!).

Jumping jacks sound like something Charlie would've tried, but I think falling on his keester while jumping might have given him pause about trying any more stuff like that!

:tu:

yep, and if Turbs bothered to read such material as US SPACESUITS by Ken Thomas, he'd be aware of the complex development history of the Apollo suits, the rigourous testing, the many suits that did not make the cut, etc.

:tu: :tu: :tu:

Part 4 or Part 5 of the Moon Machines video shows a person doing push-ups, running in place and playing catch football in a pressurized production model Apollo Lunar EVA suit.

All the evidence Turbs is asking for is in that series of videos I've posted, yet it seems he has refused to look at them.

Why would anyone with even a singular shred of integrity or intellectual honesty refuse to look at the evidence he has been asking for.......? :rolleyes:

Cz

Your questions, Cz, are worthy of some analysis!

:tu:

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Still waiting for the evidence that supports your uninformed opinion.

An excerpt of a document....

The only functioning full-body MCP suit prototype that is known to have been built and tested was the Space Activity Suit (SAS) developed by Webb and Annis in the 196os [Annis & Webb, 1971]. It enabled much greater mobility than the Apollo pressure suit and caused a decreased metabolic rate compared to the Apollo suit. However, the knee flexion range in the SAS was still less than the unsuited range (81 degrees suited average vs. 141 degrees unsuited average), and its energy cost of locomotion was 1.64 times greater than the unsuited cost [Annis & Webb, 1971]. The sources of this increased energy cost and decreased mobility in the SAS remain unknown. Descriptions of the SAS do not discuss what design improvements, if any, would avoid an increase in metabolic rate and a decrease in mobility from an unsuited baseline.

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=The+Second+Skin+Approach:+Kristen+Bethke&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdspace.mit.edu%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F1721.1%2F32443%2F61719483.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=d_NjT8fpJ4efiQKFyMyiDw&usg=AFQjCNGaYE3Y47ZskysLddYC31l3M6PbFg

The knee flexion range in the SAS was 81 degrees, on averge. That's mabout the knee flex of someone sitting in a chair. It's also like the knee bends in Shuttle images (your side posted earlier).

It is NOT EVEN CLOSE to the deep knee bends in the Apollo clips. The knee flex seen in those clips is well over 100 degrees. Anyone can see that.

Clearly impossible, so it's clearly a fake.

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What does MCP stand for, Turbs?

Answer that and you'll know why you fail yet again.

Cz

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An excerpt of a document....

The only functioning full-body MCP suit prototype that is known to have been built and tested was the Space Activity Suit (SAS) developed by Webb and Annis in the 196os [Annis & Webb, 1971]. It enabled much greater mobility than the Apollo pressure suit and caused a decreased metabolic rate compared to the Apollo suit. However, the knee flexion range in the SAS was still less than the unsuited range (81 degrees suited average vs. 141 degrees unsuited average), and its energy cost of locomotion was 1.64 times greater than the unsuited cost [Annis & Webb, 1971]. The sources of this increased energy cost and decreased mobility in the SAS remain unknown. Descriptions of the SAS do not discuss what design improvements, if any, would avoid an increase in metabolic rate and a decrease in mobility from an unsuited baseline.

Clearly impossible, so it's clearly a fake.

I don't see any problem. What does that photo tell you?

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Also... if you'd bothered to do more than cherry-pick the quote you've provided that you mistakenly think supports your "argument", and actually read further into the document (link provided for those of you out there who have Turbs on ignore), you'd find on pages 17 & 18 the following information:

The EMU has established many advancements in spacesuit design and performance and has been an impressive tool for Shuttle and Station missions. However, the mobility enabled by the EMU is not sufficient for locomotion on planetary surfaces.

Because of its pressurized gas and restrictive mechanical joints, the EMU is simply not very accommodating to body limb manipulations. Upper body motion requires significant effort, and lower body motion is severely limited. These mobility restraints are partly intentional and partly undesired. Most EVA work in Earth orbit is carried out in foot restraints and relies on the stiffness of the suit's lower body to transmit forces from the upper body. Consequently, the EMU was intentionally designed for mainly upper body motion. The suit's hip joint is a single-axis joint that allows only twisting motion only about the torso's long axis. Below the hip, only forward and backward leg motion is allowed; no abduction or adduction is possible [schmidt, 2001]. In addition to these intentional mobility limits, the suit's joint angles ranges are limited by the pressurization of the EMU limbs. Bending at the joints requires pressure-volume work, which places high torque demands on the hip, knee, and ankle joints and consequently narrows the joint angle ranges. A 1-g study of suited subjects found the hip flexion range to be 20 to 40 degrees (for a specification of 0 to 70 degrees), the knee flexion range to be 10 to 90 degrees (for a specification of 0 to 120 degrees), and the ankle flexion range to be -35 to 30 degrees (for a specification of -40 to 40 degrees) [schmidt, 2001, p. 76].

Notice that they give the design specification of 0 to 120 degrees of knee flex, and during that 1-g test the subjects tested displayed a range of 10 to 90 degrees.

Notice that they are discussing the Shuttle- and ISS-era EMU, not the Apollo-era A7L suit.

So there you have it. Your own source shoots you down yet again and simply serves to throw a spotlight on your astronomical incompetence yet again.

Cz

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Oh, Good!

Then they could do a "complete" deep knee bend.

Gee, I was hoping the engineering team had designed for that

Wow, are you suggesting they never even designed it for those deep knee bends?

Which means it's more incredible than before, no?

Then there was the question about your requirement to be able to bend ones knees and sit on one's own legs in the suit.

When did I talk about any such requirement?

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Notice that they give the design specification of 0 to 120 degrees of knee flex, and during that 1-g test the subjects tested displayed a range of 10 to 90 degrees.

Notice that they are discussing the Shuttle- and ISS-era EMU, not the Apollo-era A7L suit.

I certainly did notice the above points.

But you don't notice what it says about Apollo, or you just choose to deny it.

Why is the issue of knee flex so relevant to them? To have a spacesuit to walk (bend, etc.) on the moon, or perhaps even Mars.

Shuttle and ISS spacesuits lack the mobility needed to walk on the moon.

Geez, it'd sure be sweet if they had another option. Like an earlier spacesuit designed for walking on the moon. That would be perfect! But that's just a fantasy....

No?

You mean...such a spacesuit really exists?

Perhaps you should tell them about it.

Apollo is ignored because it was a fake. If it was genuine, it would never have been totally ignored like it was. It would be the perfect model to base their own research on, going forward.

The other suits would not be ignored, of course, having technological advancements since Apollo.

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When did I talk about any such requirement?

Uh...nice stretch.

It's your issue, and you're asking?

Now.

Was there anything more that might contribute to a real discussion of your doubts?

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You mean...such a spacesuit really exists?

Perhaps you should tell them about it.

Apollo is ignored because it was a fake. If it was genuine, it would never have been totally ignored like it was. It would be the perfect model to base their own research on, going forward.

The other suits would not be ignored, of course, having technological advancements since Apollo.

Really...

Going away is a much better option than hanging around here...popping in once every week or two, to post innanities, and...

TO AVOID YOUR BURDEN OF PROVING, YET ANOTHER NONSENSICAL IDEA.

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Hey Turbs...

Speaking of things being ignored, how much longer are you going to ignore this...

Hey Turbs...

Image4.jpg

What is this man doing in one of the production-model Apollo Lunar EVA suits that proves you wrong...?

Or these...

The Science Channel's documentary mini-series "Moon Machines" has an episode detailing the design and construction of the Apollo Space Suit. The DVD series is available from Amazon (which is where I got my copy of the set) and other retailers, and the episode is available on YouTube, split into 5 parts:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

I don't expect Turbs will actually deign to watch this very informative episode. Again, it would be too much like actual research, something for which he has shown absolutely NO ability.

ETA...

At the end of Part 1 and the beginning of Part 2, they describe the bellows-like systems used in the design which allowed much freedom of movement in the knee and elbow joints.

And while we're at it, why are you also ignoring this question I ust asked you...?

What does MCP stand for, Turbs?

Answer that and you'll know why you fail yet again.

I mean, you must have read it since its still on this same page and you've replied to a post I made AFTER posting this one...

Could it possibly be that even acknowledging these things I've posted poses a severe problem for your "argument" because they essentially destroy your "argument"...?

Hmmm... what was it I said about ignoring requested evidence earlier...?

Oh, yeah...

All the evidence Turbs is asking for is in that series of videos I've posted, yet it seems he has refused to look at them.

Why would anyone with even a singular shred of integrity or intellectual honesty refuse to look at the evidence he has been asking for.......? :rolleyes:

Thanks for proving to us again that you have no integrity or intellectual honesty, Turbs and your main purpose here is to remain ignorant and to make yourself look like a fool.... not that it was ever really in question.... ;)

Cz

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Apollo is ignored because it was a fake.

Nice landing, but next time lower the landing gear. Do you really know how silly that sounds in light of the fact that you have yet to provide any evidence to back up your claims?!

You have yet to provide a single shred of evidence while others have provided you with undeniable proof that men walked on the moon. Personally, I think that you are just here to have some fun and nothing else by the way you continue to ignore those who have posted evidence, facts, and everything else that proved beyond any doubt that men walked on the moon.

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An excerpt of a document....

The only functioning full-body MCP suit prototype that is known to have been built and tested was the Space Activity Suit (SAS) developed by Webb and Annis in the 196os [Annis & Webb, 1971]. It enabled much greater mobility than the Apollo pressure suit and caused a decreased metabolic rate compared to the Apollo suit. However, the knee flexion range in the SAS was still less than the unsuited range (81 degrees suited average vs. 141 degrees unsuited average), and its energy cost of locomotion was 1.64 times greater than the unsuited cost [Annis & Webb, 1971]. The sources of this increased energy cost and decreased mobility in the SAS remain unknown. Descriptions of the SAS do not discuss what design improvements, if any, would avoid an increase in metabolic rate and a decrease in mobility from an unsuited baseline.

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=The+Second+Skin+Approach:+Kristen+Bethke&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdspace.mit.edu%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F1721.1%2F32443%2F61719483.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=d_NjT8fpJ4efiQKFyMyiDw&usg=AFQjCNGaYE3Y47ZskysLddYC31l3M6PbFg

The knee flexion range in the SAS was 81 degrees, on averge. That's mabout the knee flex of someone sitting in a chair. It's also like the knee bends in Shuttle images (your side posted earlier).

It is NOT EVEN CLOSE to the deep knee bends in the Apollo clips. The knee flex seen in those clips is well over 100 degrees. Anyone can see that.

Clearly impossible, so it's clearly a fake.

So what have you proven with this document? That the average knee flexion in a PROTOTYPE MCP suit is 81 degrees. From this, you extrapolate that it is impossible for a pressurised Apollo suit to have greater knee flexion. (You do know that MCP suits aren't pressurised, don't you?) In addition, you've totally ignored the plethora of evidence that has been spoonfed to you showing that the Apollo suit did indeed have the flexion shown in the video clip. I don't know how much time you wasted desperately hunting down this one line to cherry pick, but it doesn't come close to supporting your assertion.

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So what have you proven with this document? That the average knee flexion in a PROTOTYPE MCP suit is 81 degrees. From this, you extrapolate that it is impossible for a pressurised Apollo suit to have greater knee flexion. (You do know that MCP suits aren't pressurised, don't you?) In addition, you've totally ignored the plethora of evidence that has been spoonfed to you showing that the Apollo suit did indeed have the flexion shown in the video clip. I don't know how much time you wasted desperately hunting down this one line to cherry pick, but it doesn't come close to supporting your assertion.

Its also interesting to note that if you follow the references - which we all know Turbs did not and would not ever do - you start with the original SAS document by Paul Webb from 1968:

The Space Activity Suit: An Elastic Leotard for Extravehicular Activity (MS-Word .doc file)

which outlines the research done on the original MPC suit and references the comparisons to what is only termed as the "Apollo suit", in other words, no specific model of suit is given.

The references to THAT study lead you the following document from 1966:

Bioenergetics of Space Suits for Lunar Exploration

This is a study of (in general terms) how the body moves, how much energy it requires to move, how much heat it creates, and how those results change when the body is in a pressurized space suit. There are several suits specifically referenced by name and model - for example, the Arrowhead AX 6-10, Arrowhead AX 9, B.F. Goodrich Mark II and Mark IV suits are specifically names and tested. However, when it comes to the "Apollo suit", the only references are to a "pre-prototype International Latex Co. Apollo suit" and most of those references are in connection with a study done in 1963.

So what can we gather from this...?

While the document that Turbs cherry-picks does indeed reference comparative studies between the original SAS MCP suit and the "Apollo suit", the Apollo suit in question bears little more than superficial similarities to the production-model ILC A7L Lunar EVA suits actually used on the Moon.

Once again Turbs has shown us just how little value he places on actual research and and how, despite his claims in another thread that he "prefers evidence", the actual truth of the matter is that that sentiment is no more factual than anything else he has ever presented.

ETA...

There is also a reference to a 1971 study from Annis & Webb (Development of a Space Activity Suit) which on page 6 (pdf page 13) reference numbers from an "Apollo state-of-the-art unpressurized" suit. The footnote for the figure in which that suit is mentioned gives a reference to the above linked "Bioenergetics of Space Suits for Lunar Exploration" study which, as shown, used data gathered from tests done in 1963 on a "pre-prototype Apollo suit".

Cz

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Uh...nice stretch.

It's your issue, and you're asking?

No. I asked you what it HAS to do with my issue.

I'm still waitong for you to answer the question...

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Hey Turbs...

Speaking of things being ignored, how much longer are you going to ignore this...

Or these...

And while we're at it, why are you also ignoring this question I ust asked you...?

Your image? Well, it shows that an astronaut can, indeed, perform deep knee bends in a non-pressurized Apollo-type spacesuit.

I already knew that.

Your videos? Except for the image you posted, I have no idea what you want me to address.

And you already know what MCP stands for.

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So what have you proven with this document? That the average knee flexion in a PROTOTYPE MCP suit is 81 degrees. From this, you extrapolate that it is impossible for a pressurised Apollo suit to have greater knee flexion. (You do know that MCP suits aren't pressurised, don't you?) In addition, you've totally ignored the plethora of evidence that has been spoonfed to you showing that the Apollo suit did indeed have the flexion shown in the video clip. I don't know how much time you wasted desperately hunting down this one line to cherry pick, but it doesn't come close to supporting your assertion.

Again - that spacesuit is NOT pressurized!!

A few seconds prior to that frame - before the astronaut puts on his helmet or gloves - we can clearly see it's the very same 'puffy' spacesuit! We know the spacesuit can't be pressurized without the helmet and gloves on...

You have no evidence here.

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Again - that spacesuit is NOT pressurized!!

A few seconds prior to that frame - before the astronaut puts on his helmet or gloves - we can clearly see it's the very same 'puffy' spacesuit! We know the spacesuit can't be pressurized without the helmet and gloves on...

The layer of the suit you're looking at isn't the pressure suit! It's the protective layer. That layer does NOT get pressurised. The layer that gets pressurised is visible from 3:44 in this video. He has a hose hooked up to the suit, and is displaying a large range of motion, including deep knee bends at 4:00.

Add in the knee flexion in the EMU suit (a suit that WASN'T designed for the same level of mobility as the Apollo suits) clearly demonstrated in the image of McCandless during a spacewalk, showing approximately 90 degrees of knee flexion. Is it really such a stretch to believe that a suit that WAS designed for lunar EVA could be designed with such mobility in mind? What is the maximum angle that an Apollo knee joint can possibly bend to, and how does that compare to the angle in the video? Remember, the Apollo 16 video of the astronaut trying to stand back up shows that he is having some difficulty bending the knees as much as he needs to to stand upright. You can also see the spring-like nature of the joint as he finally gets upright, and some of the stored energy is recovered from the joint. Direct evidence that the joint is indeed pressurised.

You have no evidence here.

Reversing the burden of proof? You haven't supplied ANY evidence supporting your assertion about the flexion of the Apollo spacesuit. You made an apples and oranges comparison to a PROTOTYPE suit of COMPLETELY DIFFERENT construction. All you have is your disbelief that a knee joint in a pressurised suit can show such a range of motion. Disbelief equates to uninformed opinion, not evidence or proof.

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No. I asked you what it HAS to do with my issue.

I'm still waitong for you to answer the question...

Why I do your homework for you--

You know it's really silly for me to sit here and take care of your rediculous avoidance maneuver.

The suit flexibility issue?

Oh...let's see:

This you, March 10, outlining some of your ridiculous requirements.

Fully flexible" - allows a joint to have complete range of motion. For example, the knee joint,

The spacesuit's knee joints are fully flexible - they're able to fold and sit on their legs with ease.

You must realize this, surely?

You've done it.

You've managed to drag folks into another "issue"...a non-issue, where you clearly do not understand a thing about that which you speak.

Now it's suits. And...amazingly, since you can't recognize that you can flex in a pressurized suit, you apply your inimitable brand of logic once again to bore us all by saying Apollo couldn't have happened.

You lost this effort of yours years ago.

It's amazing to see the level of your obstinate persistence and your sometimes creativity. But it's boring.

You have never proved your case to the faintest degree of contemplable evidentiary rigor.

And yet: You question ME???

Please.

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