The secrets of the spectacular spacesuit

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Never explore the final frontier without your trusty, white, puffy space suit! But why is it puffy and white? And why do astronauts need them? Turns out space is super dangerous and these suits can save your life. We’ll give you a tour of all the features of NASA’s iconic EMU suit and explain why it looks like a squishy marshmallow. Plus, we’ll interview an engineer working on the next generation of space suits and hear a funky new space jam by singer Jamie Lidell. Add in a mystery sound, a Moment of Um looking at knuckle cracking and some rad ideas for super suits of the future and you’ve got an action packed episode of Brains On. This episode is sponsored by KiwiCo (KiwiCo.com/brainson), Panama City Beach (VisitPanamaCityBeach.com), The Great Courses Plus (TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/brainson) and Quip (GetQuip.com/brainson). You can support the show at brainson.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Hi friends, before we dive into today's episode, I want to encourage you to check out our
0:05.1	Kids Poetry Special on the Slowdown.
0:08.2	We made five fabulous episodes featuring cool young poets, word games, and awesome conversation
0:13.7	with award-winning author and host, Major Jackson.
0:17.0	The episode started on May 8th and ran until May 12th, and you can find them by searching
0:21.5	for the Slowdown wherever you get your podcasts.
0:24.8	We had a blast learning from kids who write, rhyme, and sing about their lives, and we
0:29.6	think you will too.
0:30.6	Again, search for the Slowdown wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:35.0	You're listening to Brains On, where we're serious about being curious.
0:42.8	Okay, Mark and Sandin, we're here.
0:46.3	Outer Space.
0:47.3	Sweet.
0:48.3	I'm going to take a video of my hamster, pasta bucatini, flying through space, and get
0:52.3	a million likes.
0:54.3	Right, BB?
0:55.3	And I'm going to eat this ice cream float while I float.
0:59.2	Yum.
1:00.2	So, um, elevator.
1:02.0	Why aren't you doors opening?
1:04.4	I have no idea.
1:06.5	This never happened before.
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