Talk:Advanced Crew Escape Suit

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These people [1] suggest that ACES stands for "Advanced Crew Escape Suit". At the very least, this article (which is currently called "Advance Crew Escape System Pressure Suit") should really use "Advanced" rather than "Advance", unless there is a more weighty source to attest otherwise. -Ashley Pomeroy 14:35, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] partial pressure suit

"The ACES suit was first worn by U.S. Air Force pilots in the mid-1970s, replacing a similar suit worn by SR-71 and U-2 pilots, and was identical to the suits worn by X-15 pilots and Gemini astronauts. Unlike the ACES suit, which is a full-pressure suit, the high-altitude suits were partial pressure suits, thus requiring a rubber diaphram around the wearer's face."

High altitude suits? It comes out of nowhere. --Gbleem 04:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing references

The infamous photograph of the space suit helmet found after the accident revealed that the recovered helmet was attached to the suit and the visor was down--indicated by the "lockdown" bar going across the bottom of the helmet, where it connects to the ring. Both the pressure faceplate and the sunshade were missing, indicating that they were destroyed either by the hypersonic wind blast when the pressure module was destroyed or by the intense heat. Sources? At least a link to that picture! // Duccio (write me) 17:13, 2 September 2006 (UTC)