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Originally Posted by Vermin_King
I had no idea they were that huge.
How did it fit? Did you go get a pair of gloves and put on a larger pair of gloves over those?
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Well Vermin_King, since you asked:-
Basically the glove you see is made up as follows: There is a soft inner glove which touches the astronauts skin. This is to absorb sweat and stop abrasions. It is then surrounded by the "pressure containing bladder" glove. This is made from a neoprene dipped type of flexible rubber. This is the layer that contains/traps the "atmosphere" inside the space suit. It is then surrounded by a tough protective third glove, which is what we can see. the grey parts are made from "Chromel R" which is basically stainless steel thread woven into a cloth. The blue fingertips are molded silicon "cups". Between ech of the gloves are may other layers of protection (like layers of "beta cloth" which is fibre glass teflon coated cloth). However the entire "glove" is fused together so the astronaut simply puts on "the single composite glove"
There is a nice article explaining things properly on ninfinger's site (the paper model site). Here is a link
Apollo Extravehicular Mobility Unit Gallery
Also one about other bits of the apollo space suits
Apollo Extravehicular Mobility Unit Gallery
Here is a video showing the apollo suits being made at the ILC factory
Regards
Kevin