Location
Cocoa Beach
Start Date
4-1964 8:00 AM
Description
Of the multitude of obstacles that confront the scientists and engineers engaged in making Project Apollo a success, those directly associated with life support appear the least defined. They are not defined clearly because they combine physiological and psychological, factors peculiar to the human machine with the parameters upon which heat and mass transfer, mechanics and kinetics depend. Because Project Apollo is a manned mission it follows that all the benefits which can accrue due to man's participation must be realized. ...... that he can not be hampered from accomplishing his tasks, be they thinking or doing, because of the limitations imposed by his portable environment. It is the intent of this paper to discuss some of the interesting areas that have been uncovered to date in the optimization of a Portable Life Support System.
The system is intended for extra-vehicular use - either in deep space or on the surface of the moon. It consists of a full pressure suit assembly (which includes an overgarment designed to act as a thermal barrier) and the back pack which contains all the equipment necessary for replenishing and conditioning the internal atmosphere. Provisions are also included for waste management, communication, performance monitoring and telemetry of performance and physiological data, etc.
Selection and Evaluation of an Extra-Vehicular Life Support System Concept
Cocoa Beach
Of the multitude of obstacles that confront the scientists and engineers engaged in making Project Apollo a success, those directly associated with life support appear the least defined. They are not defined clearly because they combine physiological and psychological, factors peculiar to the human machine with the parameters upon which heat and mass transfer, mechanics and kinetics depend. Because Project Apollo is a manned mission it follows that all the benefits which can accrue due to man's participation must be realized. ...... that he can not be hampered from accomplishing his tasks, be they thinking or doing, because of the limitations imposed by his portable environment. It is the intent of this paper to discuss some of the interesting areas that have been uncovered to date in the optimization of a Portable Life Support System.
The system is intended for extra-vehicular use - either in deep space or on the surface of the moon. It consists of a full pressure suit assembly (which includes an overgarment designed to act as a thermal barrier) and the back pack which contains all the equipment necessary for replenishing and conditioning the internal atmosphere. Provisions are also included for waste management, communication, performance monitoring and telemetry of performance and physiological data, etc.
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