4 - Wednesday, February 19, 1995 — North Shore News Local technology targets From page 1 environment. It seemed to me there “-were a lot of commonalities, and it would be wise (for NASA) to look to the commercial sectors who had experience in precisely this type of work,” Nuytten said. Williams was joined Monday by Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean, who flew on NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia in October — 1992, McLean, the CSA's director general, is in town for two days and will par- ticipate in EVA-simulated testing with the Newtsuit. Later this year Nuytten, who has always been interested in building a Canndian-made space suit, expects to produce a light-weight monobar- ie diving suit. which will be almost identical to a space suit he is work- ing on called the Astro Newtsuit. Among other things, the light- weight suit will be used in rescuing subimariners from disabled sub- mirines, The @@visult and the Astro Newtsuit will both maintain. one- atmosphere pressure regardless of what is happening outside the suit. The Astro Newtsuit, however, is considered a pressure suit because il holds: greater pressure ‘inside than outside, The Newtsuit is a no-pres- sure suit because it does not allow the greater ouiside pressure to get in. Williams said he was impressed with the Newtsuit. “Traditionally the problem has been that the mobility of (a one. - atmosphere suit's) jgints is compro- mised. You have to have a tot of muscle strength to be able fo move ihe joints, The Newtsuit gets over this problem, “The questiow is, could the Newtsuit be adapted 4o work well in space? And from what Mve seen it certainly seems that it could be. | was amazed at the degree uf mobili- ty and euse of moving the various joints as well as the number of tasks you cun perform with the manipula- tors and custom- designed tools, It is really quite impressive and actually a testimony to the technology that a place in space went into the design.” said Williams. In addressing design concems, Nuytten said the monobaric suit's joints, which normally receive external pressure below water level, will be reversed so they can with- stind internal pressure received dur- ing space walks, Further modifica- tions involve replacing the minipu- lators with a four-fingered hand invention, The hand will be dexter- ous cnough to allow the suit's pilot to lifCand write with a pen, “f The CSA attention is good for. 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