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This isn't gonna be good...

Bob, those are called S.C.A.P.E. suits. Self Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble. The one pictured is an older version. They're used by NASA and the military when fueling rockets. Since rocket fuels are highly unstable, corrosive and poisonous, these suits must be worn. Some chemical manufacturers use them as well. Especially around anhydrous materials. Kris said she needs one. I have no idea why. :dontknow:
 
I kind of wondered if it was a "rocket fuel" sort of deal that might require it... THANKS! :thumbup:
...But latrine duty makes sense also! :D
 
In my day, they were the Rocket Fuel Handler's Clothing Outfit, or "RFHCO", pronounced refco. I started my USAF career as a Titan II ICBM Propellant Transfer Specialist. Rocket fuel was nasty stuff. A guy in the shop where I worked dropped a socket that punched a hole in a Titan II, once. Here are some photos of what the silo looked like from above before and after . . . Titan silo.jpgexploded silo.jpg
 
Did he survive? I wrote the MOI for Hydrazine spill response for QA at RAF Lakenheath. Had to have it since F16s came through there in transit.
 
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