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Blib said:
This is what NASA has to say about the spacesuit:1. A spacesuit weighs approximately 280 pounds on the ground – without the astronaut in it. In the microgravity environment of space, a spacesuit weighs nothing.
2. Putting on a spacesuit takes 45 minutes, including the time it takes to put on the special undergarments that help keep astronauts cool. After putting on the spacesuit, to adapt to the lower pressure maintained in the suit, the astronaut must spend a little more than an hour breathing pure oxygen before going outside the pressurized module.
3. The reason that spacesuits are white is because white reflects heat in space the same as it does here on Earth. Temperatures in direct sunlight in space can be more than 275 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. No difference exists in a male’s or female’s suit, though the female astronaut usually requires a smaller size.
5. The shuttle spacesuit was designed to be made of many interchangeable parts, to accommodate the large number of astronauts with widely varying body sizes. These parts (upper and lower torsos, arms, etc.) are made in different sizes.
6. The body measurements of each shuttle astronaut are taken and recorded. Then the measurements are plotted against the size ranges available for each spacesuit component. The suit components are then assembled. Training suits are usually assembled nine months prior to flight, and flight suits are usually assembled four months prior to flight.
Blib said:
Yes, you're correct. However, in this case.
Much like 'Awesome' and a good number of other words, 'Fantastic' has taken on a different meaning over time than that given to it in English dictionaries from earlier times. See the "Things that annoy you beyond reason" thread for regular examples... Some random dictionary said:
adjective
You describe something as fantastic or fantastical when it seems strange and wonderful or unlikely.
You describe something as fantastic or fantastical when it seems strange and wonderful or unlikely.
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