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Silver suit? Early training run?
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
Silver suit? Early training run? No, the suits worn in space by the Gemini 3 crew had the same silvery exterior as the suits worn by the Mercury astronauts. The white exteriors didn't appear until Gemini 4. --Bill Thompson |
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"William R Thompson" wrote:
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: Silver suit? Early training run? No, the suits worn in space by the Gemini 3 crew had the same silvery exterior as the suits worn by the Mercury astronauts. The white exteriors didn't appear until Gemini 4. No, I was wrong, even if I remember seeing NASA PR shots of the flight crew in silver suits. --Bill Thompson |
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![]() "William R Thompson" wrote in message nk.net... No, the suits worn in space by the Gemini 3 crew had the same silvery exterior as the suits worn by the Mercury astronauts. The white exteriors didn't appear until Gemini 4. He's wearing a white suit in the other Gemini shots. |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
"William R Thompson" wrote: No, the suits worn in space by the Gemini 3 crew had the same silvery exterior as the suits worn by the Mercury astronauts. The white exteriors didn't appear until Gemini 4. He's wearing a white suit in the other Gemini shots. Yeah. At least I'm not the only person confused by this question: http://www.astronautix.com/craft/g3c.htm --Bill Thompson |
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