gloves in space

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Dec 06 1999 - 14:59:23 MST


At 10:19 PM 3/12/99 -0800, Doug the star plumber wrote:

>Yeah, Mitch Clapp did the most recent work on counterpressure garments
>(specifically gloves)

Well, what *else* would Clapp be working on?

>back in 1983. He was the Wunderkind of Case for Mars
>II- he singlehandedly

That's a surprisingly specialised approach.

>took 2nd lace in the Mars Prize contest

Lace gloves as pressure garments in space! I love it!

(Sorry, it's the heat.)

Damien Broderick



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