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| Vac Suit | ||
| A space suit, designed for use in vacuum. |
You'll need these for space exploration.
| "Vac suits," he said. "There are two and a spare." They got into them, shuffled through the airlock, and stood still, the first humans on an undiscovered world. |
| Technovelgy from Child of the Sun,
by Leigh Brackett. Published by Planet Stories in 1942 Additional resources -
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The vac suit also included a repair kit:
Compare to the vacuum suits from Skylark Three (1930) by Doc Smith.
His fingers flashed between the helmet radio and the repair kit which is a part of every vac suit, using wires, spare parts, tools.
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