Jim LeBlanc - The man that survived space suit failure in a almost total vacuum.
Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2023 3:42 pm
The biomedical aspects of space flight are many and varied, and generally negative for human health, both mental and physical. I was apt to wonder if a human might survive a space suit failure in the vacuum of space and if so, would the astronaut have any time to get back in through the airlock to safety, as is so often portrayed in science fiction films vide. "2001: A Space Odyssey" .
I was interested to read about and watch this documentary about Jim Le Blanc who survived just such a failure in a vacuum chamber while testing a spacesuit in the 1960's.
https://www.space.com/how-long-could-yo ... y%20deaths.
I was interested to read about and watch this documentary about Jim Le Blanc who survived just such a failure in a vacuum chamber while testing a spacesuit in the 1960's.
https://www.space.com/how-long-could-yo ... y%20deaths.