Why are the helmets of an astronauts reflective?

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Why are the helmets of an astronauts reflective?

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I believe (read: I could be wrong) that they are polarized like sunglasses to protect the astronauts eyes from sunlight. They are polarized to the extreme though, because the sun’s rays aren’t being filtered by earth’s atmosphere so they are much stronger.

Again, I could be wrong.

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