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Q: Why have lightweight materials been developed for space travel?
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What special gear has been developed for human space travel?

That special gear that has been developed for human space travel was the space suits. The space suits kept human alive in the harsh environment of space, temperature extremes and vacuum.


What materials are needed for space travel?

What you need 2 travel on the moon is water, food, shelter, oxygen, and lots of other supplies example space suit


What do you mean by a lightweight process?

A lightweight process is one which share the same address space.


Are space suits aerodynamic?

Not by minimal standards, however MIT has recently developed an aerodynamic space suit that could later be applied during space travel.


What materials can light travel through faster than it travels through air?

Light travels fastest through space which has no air. Space is a vacuum which is the fastest way for light to travel.


What is the ISS made of?

The International Space Station (ISS) is made up of multiple materials. Lightweight metals, plastics, and carbon fibers make up the majority of the state.


When astronauts bang their heads togethe why can they hear that without using a radio?

Sound cannot travel through the vaccum of space, but it can travel through air and solid materials, including the visor of a space helmet.


What kind of technologies had to be developed to travel to space?

very large powerful rockets (ICBM development for Cold War nuclear warheads accelerated this)small lightweight guidance computerssmall lightweight radio communication systemsspace suits that don't leak and don't "balloon"space capsulesfoods that could be prepared and eaten in weightless environmentwater recycling systems (allowing drinking waste water over and over so large supplies of water don't have to be lifted also)toilet usable in weightless environmentshower usable in weightless environmentetc.


What do electoromagnetic waves travel through?

The name is "electromagnetic waves". They can travel through empty space, and - depending on the specific frequency - through certain materials. For example, light can travel through glass.


What do scientists sometimes call aerogel?

Aerogels are a class of extremely lightweight materials that have air suspended in some solid material, in which the ratio of air to solid is extremely high. The usual kind of materials that we see in the "bluish" aerogel is made of silica. Aerogels are very heat-resistant, and are used by scientists in the aerospace industry to make lightweight insulators, or as a material that is used to catch space dust.


How do you travel to space?

We travel by a space rocket!


What types of materials can sound not travel through?

Spongy materials are the most difficult for sound to travel through. Vacuum is the best acoustic insulation but it doesn't really count for the purpose of this question, since it is not a material but a lack of material.