Remora Redux 1

 drawings, history, projects, spacecraft
May 072011
 

An improved-quality version of the Bell “Remora”space work-pod I’d shown previously.

 Posted by at 7:06 pm

  5 Responses to “Remora Redux 1”

  1. Michel Van says:
    May 8, 2011 at 12:42 am

    OMG
    THX for picture

  2. Pat Flannery says:
    May 8, 2011 at 10:29 am

    I still can’t figure out why he’s wearing a full pressure suit with the helmet visor down in something that looks like it’s pressurized (note how the external work gloves are extended by the air pressure).

  3. Siergen says:
    May 8, 2011 at 3:47 pm

    Other than artistic license, the pressure suit could be for redundancy. I seem to recall that NASA likes to have triple redundancy for all life-safety items (3 air-tight layers to suits, 3 oxygen supplies, etc.).

  4. peterh says:
    May 9, 2011 at 8:59 am

    A pressure suite suitable as redundancy in case of loss of cabin pressure can be a lot lighter and easier to engineer than a pressure suite flexible enough under pressure for routine work.

  5. Remora Redux 2 » The Unwanted Blog says:
    May 20, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    […] Museum archive showing the Bell “Remora” space work-pod concept. The first piece was HERE. The original posting with crap-quality versions of the images is HERE. I have posted other […]

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