Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 66 — page 114: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION crater, Kies A, seems to be increasing in distinctness. Both Moore and Wilkins think it quite likely that these streaks or bands are due to the presence of some low form of life, probably in the nature of lichens or fungus. As the Sun rises over these craters and warms them, gas is exuded, and possibly such a primitive form of life may develop, to wither away night descends once again. It is evident, then, that our nearest neighbour is well worth a visit, but that many prob- lems will require solving be- fore the lunar base is set up, problems of extreme heat and cold, of lack of air, food and water, and the utilisation of the materials at hand. Next month we will see what progress has been made already in solving such when the bitter cold of the lunar. ..problems. THE SPACESUIT IS HERE SINCE THE FIRST MEN ON THE Moon will require a spacesuit, let us see how far it has already come into being, in high-altitude flying. The Air Research and Development Command’s Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright Air Development Centre, U.S.A., has designed a completely enclosed suit, now in use, which gives airmen full pro- tection in the event of cabin pressurisation failing at high altitudes. Normally oxygen is fed in from the aircraft, but an emergency oxygen cylinder is attached to the suit which has a one-piece helmet with electrically heated face-piece 113 to avoid frosting. There are tubes along the pilot’s arms and legs in order to pressurise the suit if need be. In addition to giving its wearer protection from the vacuum of space, it is also an anti-g suit, operating automatically when the air- craft’s manceuvres subject the pilot to many-g accelerations. Since rocket-planes now reach altitudes where the air- pressure is almost zero, it is seen that this flying-suit is ob- viously the forerunner of the types to be worn by the first astronauts, and that some of the problems have already been solved.—A.E.R. comicloooks.com