15. What sizes are the spacesuits? Do we have to wear our spacesuits all the time inside the hotel? Will there be plenty of room and can we move around or will we be squished? (A K2S Question)
From The Space Library
Spacesuits will be made to fit all body types. Inside the pressurized space station, spacesuits will merely be worn as a precautionary measure in case of emergencies if life support systems go down, pressure is lost, or to help with bodily changes that occur in zero-gravity environments. Clothing will have to be roomy to allow for changes to the body in zero-gravity environments. To walk outside the space hotel, people will need pressurized suits to offer protection from the temperature extremes and vacuum of space, and to have enough supply of oxygen and water. This makes them heavy and bulky. Still, people can definitely move around in a spacesuit—our International Space Station is built by spacewalking astronauts. The outside spacesuits will also have to protect the guest from radiation and the impact of small space debris. They will also have to be very durable because a tear in the spacesuit could be fatal.
Answer provided by Robert T. Bigelow
Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer
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