Shrink-wrapping spacesuits: Spacesuits of the future may resemble a streamlined second skin
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 11:01
in Physics & Chemistry
For future astronauts, the process of suiting up may go something like this: Instead of climbing into a conventional, bulky, gas-pressurized suit, an astronaut may don a lightweight, stretchy garment, lined with tiny, musclelike coils. She would then plug in to a spacecraft's power supply, triggering the coils to contract and essentially shrink-wrap the garment around her body.