Doctors in space. Living room in the void / produced for the Educational Television and Radio Center by KUHT, University of Houston in co-production with the Department of Defense.

Genre: Television

Year Published: 1958

Creator: National Educational Television

Format: 16mm

Description: Discusses protective devices for flyers in space. Demonstrates the Air Force partial pressure suit. Explains the effects of "explosive decompression." Presents a design for a three-stage rocket vehicle, and points out special features of the cabin unit. Features Colonel Henry M. Sweeney, former director of research at the School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Air Force Base, and Mr. Krafft A. Ehricke of General Dynamics Corporation.


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