Stuart's Moon Suit
Stuart's Moon Suit Stuart's Moon Suit All Friday afternoon Stuart sat thinking. His mom watched him think. His dad watched him think. Even his sister, Doris, watched Stuart think. What loomed in his mind? When it was time for dinner, Stuart was still thinking. "Would you like some more macaroni?" asked Stuart's dad. Stuart looked up. "Neil Armstrong," he said summoning up what was on his mind. "Neil Armstrong?" asked Doris. "What about Neil Armstrong?" "Neil Armstrong was the first man
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Stuart's Moon Suit
Stuart's Moon Suit
All Friday afternoon Stuart sat thinking.His mom watched him think. His dad watched him think.Even his sister, Doris, watched Stuart think. What loomed in his mind?
When it was time for dinner, Stuart was still thinking."Would you like some more macaroni?" asked Stuart's dad. Stuart looked up.
"Neil Armstrong," he said summoning up what was on his mind.
"Neil Armstrong?" asked Doris. "What about Neil Armstrong?"
"Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon," Stuart said.
"Actually Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon at the same time," said Stuart's mom."They were both in the lunar module Eagle when it touched down on the moon's Sea of Tranquility."
"I mean Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon," Stuart said. "So, I have decided to be him!"
"You want to walk on the moon?" Stuart's mother asked.
Stuart smiled. "Maybe some day.But right now I just want to make a Neil Armstrong costume for Space Travel Day at school!"
"Space Travel Day is next Monday," Doris said."Where are you going to find a space suit?" Stuart looked thoughtful again.
"We'll make one!" Stuart exclaimed.
The next afternoon, when Doris trudged in from her violin lesson, Stuart was in his pajamas."Neil Armstrong did not wear his pajamas on the moon," taunted Doris.
"But he wore something that looked like this!He wore his LCG. That stands for Liquid Cooling Garment.That was the first layer of the Apollo space suit."
"But did Neil Armstrong's cooling garment have grape jelly on the front?" she asked.
"I don't think so," said Stuart, "but the LCG had little plastic tubes all through it.Cool water flowed through the tubes, right next to Armstrong's skin. He stayed cool!"
"Hey," said Doris. "That grape jelly makes me think of something. See you later!"
When Doris came back, she was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.Stuart's dad was fastening shoulder pads onto Stuart.
"Now what?" wondered Doris. "Don't tell me Neil Armstrong played football on the moon!"
"Nope," said Stuart. "Astronauts didn't wear football gear on the moon.But on top of their Liquid Cooling Garment, they wore a PGA." "A what?" Doris asked.
"PGA stands for Pressure Garment Assembly," said Stuart."It's clothing that protects the astronauts from outer space."
"I'll explain," said Stuart's mom."On Earth, even though we can't feel it, the air presses against our bodies from all directions.But there's no air on the moon. That's called a vacuum.And we can't live in a vacuum."
"If Neil Armstrong was in a vacuum," Stuart said, "the air inside his lungs would escape into space.The oxygen in his blood would bubble. His skin would blow up like a balloon!"
"That's horrible!" squealed Doris. "That's outer space," said Stuart."The Pressure Garment Assembly is like an inflated tire inside the space suit.It presses against the astronaut's body like air pressure does here on Earth.It feels like wearing a diving suit over football pads!"
