EMERGENCY LIFE SUSTAINING SYSTEM FOR SPACECRAFT

Abstract

A concept for a complete emergency life sustaining system for use during failure of the normal pressurization system in a spacecraft is advanced. The system includes four components: (1) an astronauts uniform with a built in mechanical pressurization system, (2) a pressure-breathing demand-regulator, (3) an automatically actuated system of solid chemical oxygen candles, and (4) a one-man compression tube. This system has been partially fabricated and appears worthy of further development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0423799

Entities

People

  • Henry W. Seeler

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Pressure
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Check Valves
  • Chlorine Compounds
  • Compression
  • Decompression
  • Government Procurement
  • Life Support Systems
  • Materials
  • Pressure Suits
  • Pressurization
  • Respiration
  • Space Missions
  • Spacecraft
  • Valves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers