Re: UFO Space Suit question
Posted by
jamesgibbon on
Jan 23, 2001; 7:30pm
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/UFO-Space-Suit-question-tp1491104p1491106.html
[hidden email] wrote:
> Where is the air supply for the space suits used in UFO (and also
> Doppelganger)?
>
> I was watching "The Dalotek Affair" and was struck be the fact that
> there are no backpacks on any of the space suits worn by wither SHADO
> or Dalotek personnel. There are a few mall boxes on the chest and left
> shoulder, but none seem large enough to hold a bottle containing more
> than a few minutes worth of air. Even considering a pure O-2 mix at 5
> PSI (or even a very efficient rebreather), the suits do not appear to
> have the necessary resources for long forays on the lunar surface, in
> which the Dalotek crew was obviously engaged.
>
Well in SURVIVAL, we see that Foster's oxygen supply is taken
from a (very) small pack on his right side. The Alien cuts the
connection to this pack to insert a new supply when it begins
to run out. Foster appears to survive many hours before his
oxygen runs low.
> Was this an oversight on the part of the production crew, or is there
> some technology of which I am unaware?
>
It IS totally implausible obviously, but then .. firstly this
*i*s science fiction where a bit of dramatic licence is allowed,
and secondly, it's set ten years in the future, when it's nice
to imagine implausible things turning into reality!
James