Exactly - it's not even a great test of the suits. It's a stage show, completely divorced from reality, for the NASA faithful.
How are they testing the oxygen equipment? A bench test is not as good as a real life test. If they aren't confident enough to test it in a pool with real people, why are they comfortable sending it off into space with the same?
If something fails on the suit in a vacuum chamber during the design and test process, the person in the suit could get injured or die. I suspect they do test them in a vacuum chamber after they have a high degree of confidence in the suit.
Maybe because the water will make it blindingly obvious if there's any leaks or other major problems with the suit?
Exactly - it's not even a great test of the suits. It's a stage show, completely divorced from reality, for the NASA faithful.
How are they testing the oxygen equipment? A bench test is not as good as a real life test. If they aren't confident enough to test it in a pool with real people, why are they comfortable sending it off into space with the same?
A swimming pool is a lot easier on the budget than a swimming pool-sized vacuum chamber, you know.
Stop being reasonable!
If something fails on the suit in a vacuum chamber during the design and test process, the person in the suit could get injured or die. I suspect they do test them in a vacuum chamber after they have a high degree of confidence in the suit.