3 Why is NASA testing Artemis suits underwater with air lines? Don't the suits need self-contained oxygen to function in space? (www.businessinsider.com) posted 240 days ago by MOCKxTHExCROSS 240 days ago by MOCKxTHExCROSS +7 / -5 Astronauts are testing NASA's new spacesuits underwater as the agency pushes toward the next moon landing NASA wants to get astronauts on the moon by 2024. Before that, the agency must make sure its spacesuits work. 21 comments share 21 comments share save hide report block hide replies
A swimming pool is a lot easier on the budget than a swimming pool-sized vacuum chamber, you know.
Yes, and water at atmospheric pressure does not act like vacuum.
And water doesn't act like "micro gravity" and water resistance is not the same as zero resistance in vacuum.
This is all theatre and bullshit
Stop being reasonable!