When NASA made the first space suits, how did they know what space would be like? I.e., how did they know what to put on the suits?

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When NASA made the first space suits, how did they know what space would be like? I.e., how did they know what to put on the suits?

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Answer 1

Worth noting that the first spacesuits were hand sewn and custom tailored by the Playtex Corporation, the people who make women’s lingerie and underwear. They were the only ones that could make a suit to the tolerances demanded by NASA. Stitches that were 1/32nd of an inch, consistently, through 21 layers of cloth and rubber…all over the length and breadth of an entire suit. And although it got spun off into its own division, the same company still makes them.