Flight surgeons' Apollo 15 puzzle

摘要

Sir, I realise that the Apollo suits were quite uncomfortable and perhaps less so, with subsequent EVA over the years, as suggested in your very comprehensive article, (Spaceflight, December 2005, p467) 'Working on the Moon', based on interviews in 1993 of eight of the "moonwalkers". The article concludes with the statement: "Of all their comments and suggestions, there was one thing that the Apollo moonwalkers were emphatic about as the most important spacesuit requirement for future moonwalkers: 'Better gloves, better gloves, better gloves'."