Comments on Mars Shot: WANTED: A leaky spacesuit!

I had another thought. try using a sprayer that yo...

2011-06-20T07:33:57.952+12:00

I had another thought. try using a sprayer that you use to kill weeds with. pump it up water about 20 times and see what happens.

I would use compressed air like from a air compres...

2011-06-20T03:57:01.335+12:00

I would use compressed air like from a air compressor. or those cans of air that you blow out your computer with. when they get cold they put out some vapor?

Good thoughts actually. I might have a play with t...

2009-05-21T13:50:04.724+12:00

Good thoughts actually. I might have a play with the camera and some sprays in the weekend and see what kind of look I get...

Yeah, but is there some way to fudge the camera an...

2009-05-21T12:10:55.123+12:00

Yeah, but is there some way to fudge the camera angle and not have to use the tube and just show a close up of the leak--this way you could use an aerosol can directly out of the suit--meaning no one would be in it--basically, all done with "mirrors' as it were--you could switch between shot of her face, close up of the leak and showing her go for the patch and either another close up of hands patching leak or no shot of patching leak--only show after it's patched. Basically it would be someone holding the can and spraying thru the tear in the suit--you'd never get a full body shot of the leak and astronaut as in the drawing but you would get the shot....
Phil

Yeah, I'm not sure aerosol will have enough punch ...

2009-05-21T11:46:42.313+12:00

Yeah, I'm not sure aerosol will have enough punch to make it through the tube extending down her leg. I'm currently looking at tracking down a (cheap) C02 fire extinguisher as a possibility, or dry ice in a pressurized container. But still on the hunt really.

Maybe that sno in a can forced thru a tube or stra...

2009-05-20T13:08:37.641+12:00

Maybe that sno in a can forced thru a tube or strainer? I'm pulling ideas out of my ass now....

or some other aerosol can of spray...you can usually seem those, but you'd have to do some stuff with the camera angle or something....

Phil

Nope, I've never inhaled -- even though it looks r...

2009-05-18T13:09:00.000+12:00

Nope, I've never inhaled -- even though it looks really cool
But smokers aren't all that difficult to find. You can probably pay them in tobacco.

You volunteering, Parke?

2009-05-18T12:44:00.000+12:00

You volunteering, Parke?

Umm, regarding the cigarette smoke. Maybe you'd n...

2009-05-18T09:46:00.000+12:00

Umm, regarding the cigarette smoke. Maybe you'd need more than one smoker working in shifts to exhale one after the other -- this would allow the jet to be continuous. I imagine some kind of tube with a Y shaped splitter rigged up so each smoker could change turn without and interruption. The tube is routed out of shot down the suits leg or out the back depending on the angle and cropping of the shot.

Cigarette smoke blown through a tube by a voluntee...

2009-05-18T09:36:00.000+12:00

Cigarette smoke blown through a tube by a volunteer who enjoys the rich full flavour of carcinogenic substances.
Cheap and readily available. Perhaps the stunt double could blow the smoke herself.

I'm envisaging something that looks like a jet of ...

2009-05-17T19:20:00.000+12:00

I'm envisaging something that looks like a jet of steam, essentially. The gas would freeze in the Martian atmosphere, so would be briefly visible, I believe.

How does just a stream of air blowing the torn sui...

2009-05-17T10:57:00.000+12:00

How does just a stream of air blowing the torn suit shreds look? Or does it really need to have "color"?