basantagoswami on Nostr: Sci-fi always shows future space suits as either bulky pressure tanks or mech suits ...

Sci-fi always shows future space suits as either bulky pressure tanks or mech suits

Former NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman developed the BioSuit, which uses mechanical (textile-based) counterpressure instead of the traditional gas-pressurized mini-spacecraft approach

Humans live at 1 atm on Earth, but in a pure oxygen environment like a space suit or station, ~0.3 atm is enough. The BioSuit has reached ~0.25 atm in lower body prototypes, close to 0.3 atm in areas like the calves and thighs, although joints are still well below target

We are more likely to see something like this with advanced AR and AI integrated helmets in the future IMO