Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 56 — page 78: what you’re looking at

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THE WELL-DRESSED SPACEMAN by JIM HARMON Moving around in space is sure to mean special clothing. Here an American Scientist examines the possibilities. EN HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED many of the conditions they will face in outer space and survived. As anyone who has ever been in a war or crossed a street against the traffic can tell you, the human body is an amazingly resilient piece of equip- ment. But the human body isn’t tough enough to stand up against absolute zero or careening meteors. Human beings will need protection against the rigours of the interplanetary void. There have been several schools of thought as to what that protection must consist of, and since no one has yet been into space, the question is not completely settled. At the far end of the maximum pro- tection line is Fletcher Pratt, equally well-known as a military expert and a science fiction writer. Pratt has often contended that men will have to be decked out in heavy armour with mechanised grapples for hands. He even says that these suits will have to be made out of some harder-than-steel alloy that we don’t yet possess. This has been pointed out in his books for junior space pilots. There is some doubt that early science fiction writers were equally as convinced of their stand. Authors like Robert E. Howard represent the ulti- mate opposition to the views of men like Pratt. They suggested that a supply of oxygen was all a man would need to stay alive in space. Photos; Ackerman Agency Comichaoretom