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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Also, they didn’t so much have to worry about the suits as they did the capsule…. The first several manned missions were just simple orbit and reentry missions. The astronauts weren’t fitted with equipment meant for space walks. I imagine they conducted plenty of experiments before hand using probes and lab equipment but honestly, I don’t imagine it would be such a guessing game if you can figure out how to keep oxygen in, bad gases out, cool/warm air in, extreme hot/cold out you’re already well on your way. If you can build a suitable capsule you can build an adequate suit. Those first capsules containing humans were scary af to be honest! Compared to modern equipment its like they grabbed an aluminum garbage can, strapped a casio calculater inside, bolted a rocket to the bottom and duct taped a dude inside.
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