20. Are they planning to make lightweight spacesuits or will we have to wear big bulky ones? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

I would imagine that lightweight spacesuits will be something that will not be seen for a long time. That is not to say that a very smart person or company will not devise one. However, since space is such a hostile environment for humans and will continue to be that way, spacesuits are our armor against that environment. We must take our environment with us in space. There is no air to breathe and we have to make our own air. Since space is extremely hot or extremely cold, we have to provide a way to keep our body temperature normal. To do this, it takes a spacesuit and that means it takes room to do that. Since we are weightless, the weight does not bother us.

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Answer provided by Lonnie Moffitt

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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