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Quote by: Scribbler1  The space suits were cooled the same way the shuttle cools itself. Have you noticed the pictures of the shuttle always show it with its bay doors open? That's to keep it cool. Heat can radiate into space the same way the Sun warms the Earth. Heat travels from the Sun, through 93,000,000 miles of vaccuum and still warms the whole planet. If that can happen its easy to see how space suits transfer heat to space. |
Not the suits my good man, the module.
NASA is on record admitting that they had to rotate the vehicle to keep the side in direct sunlight from having complications. ( The difference in temperature from light to dark sides is like 350 degrees F. ) Thats why they rotated it on it's journey, ah, see, but when it landed it sat upright, and there was no way of dealing with the inevitable sunlight schedule dictated by the landers position on the orb.
So, how do you climate control a small, thin, flimsy aluminum can in the vast, cold emptyness of space? ( Remembering the entire volume of the spacecraft was emptied into space every time they opened the door. )
Even the official NASA spokesman left the crowd with a "er, um, well, let me get back to you on that".
Not saying it can't be done, but could it be done in 1969 on the first attempt?