James May's Space Suit Freak-Out | James May: At The Edge Of Space | Earth Science 

Stupid... they really needed to make that suit so tight?

same

While hearing the laughter of Hammond.

Same here, also laughing historically with Hammond.

JAAAAMESSSS. Your head come out of your helmet! Hammond look his heads come out of his helmet.

May, you infantile pillock.......put the helmet back on!

How do i see the full documentary ? Where can i find it

A really tight 7mm semi dry suit is the same, only really body hugging too. Especially if you, like me, use a two piece suit with long johns.

Well he is English

Well he is not american*

Ege Erdem well he is English

Usually means it’s a bad one, when they’re dead quiet like that. It’s just internal.

Why hasn't this been packaged as a experience for paying customers.. millions to be made ?

Listening? I'm watching a series of fast moving papyrus scrolls complete with sound effects and loamy Nile mud smells.

Ramses II wasn't Pharaoh till 1279 B.C. tho.

Good point, wikipedophile.

WUZ U KANGZ N SHIEET?

Why are you still doing this 1286 B.C. shit, David? The rest of us caught the elevator into Trump Tower last week to witness the end of Civilisation from the Penthouse on the 3rd floor. Come, join us, and stop using RU-vid for sending these messages. It's meant to be hush hush.

ZeCockOfTheWalk wait i thought you said “james may” may

its a very english freak out

That's why both Russians and Americans selected only the best pilots for these extreme programs, taking into account not only physical fitness but also mental strength and many other aspects. James freaked out in minutes sitting on a sofa, on the ground, surrounded with people. Now imagine how it must be in a Mig-25, SR-71, U2 on a mission lasting 20-30 hours.

@@Phantomagix well he's also a TV show co-host with zero military background so....

@@Phantomagix well, Americans are also people who are flat earthers, conspiracy theorist, obnoxious vegans, etc

You two are pathetic

This is for the u2 spy plane

@@christophermcnamara5591 More or less a space suit. It's a pressurized enclosed system.

This plane in my opinion is badass. It reminds me of those Styrofoam planes you can buy and you throw it to make it glide.

@@0ddyN i guess all out satellites are up in space cause Hollywood faked them also right?

Family Guy that’s pretty brave tbf

#JamesMay O.G. O.B.E

James May rocks.

Proof we can all do things we just have to push ourselves.

Or blowing up his shed

Mango Shake Look what you’ve done to my BLOODY SHED MAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!

Which episode is it from?

@@amansingh2652 idk, the clip is in a video called "James May ocd compilation"

It would sure be something James could go on about for hours. 'It's very important to frequently turn the sponge for maximal effect.'

James so under rates himself. Easily one of the most engaging and entertaining people on television. His whole persona is so accessible, you just feel like you're watching somebody you know personally.

​@@EltonBeatles yet after hours the dirt will still be on the window like that one time he tried to polish his vw

Eric Franklin Shook he's not tough lmao

@Michael G he drove it along a straight of test track, does that really take a special kind of toughness?

@@cantbants If you lose your concentration for a split second you're in the wall, test track or not. You're traveling at 111m/sek (365fps)

He's a pussy here

@@johnfinlay1990 Not really. The other fully trained fella said he was a lot worse, and even vomitted. James wasn't that bad. Did better than the professional in this first instance.

S Tho Well said. Agree completely

WTF does that mean?

Did you just drop some really casual, non-aggressive racism? I swear you just advocated for the separation of races due to the fact that we can't get along, even though some of the "Anglo Americans" in the video weren't white. I just needed to make sure since it really surprised me.

@@Profile__1 I'm pretty sure he was referring to "Anglo-Americans" culturally, not racially. I believe he meant that people from a similar Anglo culture (Americans & Brits regardless of race) work together quite well due to their history together.

@@mcmxcix9525 If that is what he was trying to say, what a very interesting means of phrasing it.

Exactly, some of the people in the comments have too much faith in themselves that they'd do any better

Jesus loves you

@@JordanRx8 where'd Jesus come into this?

@@CMDR_John_Crichton In every aircraft, tank and foxhole. Especially among the atheists.

You sad person. real panic is inside a person's mind.

He's also on Tv, freaking out probably wouldn't look the best

It's called being a professional

@@neuroplasticity i think they are saying he handled it well.

I sound exactly like that when having a panic attack. Panic attacks aren't always crying and screaming, sometimes they do manifest as that flat, emotionless sound. He was clearly very distressed, because he was on the verge of tears.

The pilot will see the curvature of the earth which shows one of the final frontiers. 😊 This is besides the dream of flying the reward for every second of training.

I actually think he did. He kept his cool though, which sounds ironic.

I'm an open water diver, very relaxed underwater. Just don't put me in an elevator.

Watch Grand Tour mate

You gotta breathe it away…

That takes skill...

Which usually smells good since it's your fart...

We call that a free meal in the space program.

Muhamad Taufiq no

Yeah, you're probably correct this million dollars space suit was really just a flight jacket, but he's watched too many episodes of ancient aliens, opps.............NASA failed again

@@europeanbourgeois8223 stfu

@@europeanbourgeois8223 Racism epitomized, this should be on Oxford dictionary as definition. Strongly disagree though

+Adrien Rassat To pilots its just part of the job, its like soldiers to them its just part of the job, that is how they survive mentally.

Why dont they just use satellites...

Im one of those weirdos who had no issue with SCBA, even the confidence course was fun, just a dark jungle gym basically. The thing that got me initially was the rappelling, being 7 stories up and leaning over the edge to me was worse.

NASA's designs are from the nuclear age, which technically was part of the steam age - nuclear engines are a type of steam engine, after all. In matters of space flight, safety is first. You would use an old and reliable design that has stood the test of time rather than invest in something new and fancy, not matter how promising, without a pressing need. The challenge of devising more aesthetic space suits has been accepted by Elon Musk and SpaceX years ago. The goal seems to be to develop something like the space suits from Rocket Girls, but they are still in development.

absolutely, id rather be perfectly safe with reliable tech and look like a fool, than look really cool....and die.

There are functional reasons to improve on these designs though. The space suits used for space walks are quite cumbersome, because they are basically an inflated bag full of air. This makes the suit stiff and unwieldy due to air pressure alone, plus you then need a lot of protection, because a suit puncture is very bad, due to loss of both oxygen and pressure, and a leak anywhere in the suit can cause both those problems. One of the things I've seen that are under development would seem to be more like a rubber or elastic suit. Rather than pressurising the body with air, the fabric itself applies the pressure through elastic force and the like. Obviously development of radical new concepts take a long time in something so safety critical, but the advantages are numerous. Since it means only the helmet still has pressurised air in it, you can't get air leaks due to punctures except near the head. A puncture or tear in the suit would be bad for the skin in the immediate region around the tear, but would have little effect on the pressure of the suit (since that's provided directly, and not via air pressure), or the oxygen levels since there is no oxygen in the bulk of the suit anyway. Not having oxygen in the suit also means the suit doesn't need to form such a strong pressure seal, and can be made with thinner, more flexible layers, plus the lack of air makes the whole thing more flexible in and of itself. The end result is a suit that is lighter, more flexible, easier to work in, and less vulnerable to catastrophic damage. The problem with it is that it's a serious technical challenge developing a suit layer that provides an appropriate degree of pressure to all the parts in the human body suitable to keeping you in one piece if you are exposed to a vacuum. After all, it's the elasticity and design of the suit in this case that would have to provide all the pressure, rather than using air to provide pressure, and the suit being designed to keep the air inside of it. If and when such suits go into use, you'll probably end up seeing much thinner, less bulky and more sleek/sci-fi kind of suit designs, but for now it's best to stick with what works reliably, because there's no point in radical redesigns unless they have massive practical benefits.

With an elastic-type suit, wouldn't the wearer be subjected to twice the pressure of earth's atmosphere when first suiting up before they enter the vacuum of space?

Pominator Even with our modern technology, the place that has really allude man has been the deep sea. Which makes the way we do deep sea exploration, even more archaic...

orange42 how so? Do you mean like it feels harder to breathe?

+orange42 that and the restricted head movement. depending on the type snorkel if you move your head wrong you can get a mouth full of water or suddenly you snorkel closes most people do get used to it though.

Rubbish, not anywhere close. Perhaps first descent with mask for scuba...

Yes it's a similar problem. (Although snorkeling is probably the easiest of all). Having your head or face covered in a mask, and your airways restricted by a breathing apparatus is a nightmare for some people. Source: Been doing both scuba and commercial diving, with various masks and helmets. Seen beginners who totally freaked out and had to be rescued.

orange42 I'll never forget the first time i was snorkeling... :-)

Andreas Köhler Or you Get an itchy nose.😅

They're made of different stuff.

Nexus2Eden it was just first time panic, you'll get used to it.

Nexus2Eden it's common to have that reaction when it's your first time.

No doubt - you'd think by now we'd have a much less claustrophobic design wouldn't you.

After going caving and squeezing through 30 cm high spaces this doesn't seem too bad

David Buschhorn you‘re talking about under water diving ?

@@conandoyle1740 no, thank goodness. Working in buildings being fumigated with cyanide (mixed with pepper spray so you'd smell it).

David Buschhorn ah I thought you were talking about scuba gear but were dumb enough to misspell it.

@@conandoyle1740 LOL!! Yeah, SCUBA without the U :) Just about the only difference was we had no octopus to give anyone else air and we had a full face respirator kind of setup so your eyes were protected. Sometimes we used a dust which worked great but would totally absorb through your eyes while temporarily blinding you since it was mixed with talc so you'd get like goopy, scratchy concrete on your eyeballs. Now you're wading through poisonous air and you're blind! Whee!!