Behind spacesuit technology stands astronaut's ‘leap of faith'

November 24, 2008 By Stephen Komives

This is a story about a man and his suit. His $12 million suit - the most complex wardrobe known to man. David Wolf was 8 years old when he first saw someone decked out in a spacesuit. That's when astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space.

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Eco_R1 - Nov 24, 2008
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This is becoming a serious problem with Phys org. there is no scientific value one can gain or better understand by reading this article. get your act together people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This article is very similar to the Space Scuttle itself, gee-whiz technology but not physics not science.
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