Spacesuits

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Science, Futurism, Sci Fi, Future, Scifi, Technology, Space, Engineering

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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There's many dangerous places on Earth, and everywhere off Earth is downright lethal, from the emptiness of space to the airless and radiation soaked Moon to the smoldering inferno of Venus, humanity can't visit them without protection. We'll see what options for spacesuits are under works and what options might emerge for even better ones in the distant future. Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/nkVY695m6Uo Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: Spacesuits & Extreme Environment Gear Episode 206, Season 5 E41 Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Mark Wabrurton Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics by: Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - [email protected] Music: Aerium, "Docking Manouvers" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Paradox Interactive, "Abyss" https://www.paradoxplaza.com AJ Prasad of Dark Future, "Staring Through (Part I) "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU Sergey Cheremisinov, "Naive" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com Lombus, "Time Slip" https://lombus.bandcamp.com Reign Pagaran, "Distant Voyager" See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners, in this month's Nebula exclusive, Big Alien Theory,
0:05.0	we're asking the reason alien civilizations might be rare is because most aliens are huge.
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0:28.3	using the link in the description.
0:31.0	They say you need to dress for success.
0:33.6	This applies particularly well to working in space, where you and your spacesuit become
0:39.7	one symbiotic entity.
0:45.7	Today we'll be looking at spacesuits and extreme environment suits, along with improvements
0:51.7	we'd like to make to them and the challenges we'd face in doing
0:54.9	so.
0:56.1	When you think about it, the historical driving force behind functional clothing is the need
1:00.8	to protect ourselves to weather severe environments and deadly hazards, and to look good
1:06.0	while doing so if possible.
1:08.5	Whether it was harsh sun, freezing cold, sand in the wind, thorns on the ground, or spears
1:14.5	coming at our torsos, any problem we thought we could solve with a garment, we solved with
1:19.5	a garment.
1:21.0	The earliest get-ups we could reasonably call environmental suits would probably be the underwater
1:25.7	salvage suits of the early 1700s,
1:28.7	which were basically barrels with a window and sleeves.
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