I need help! URGENT.?

Question

A spacesuit provides air and keeps the air pressure at a comfortable level to the astronaut Without the spacesuit, the astronaut's body could burst in the vacuum of space. Why do you think a person going to the depths of the sea requires a rigid diving suit instead of a flexible one?

Please give me only reasonable answers.

thank you.

Answer 1

Well, the opposite of what astronauts go through happens.

Water weighs A LOT. At a depth, all the water above you is pushing down on you. This is some serious pressure.

The suit has to be rigid enough, otherwise the diver could be crushed under the weight of the water.

Answer 2

water has high density and so PUSHES the suit into the diver space has the opposite effect it PULLS the suit from the astronought. (spelling sorry)  if it was flexable then it would crush him/her.

Answer 3

Hi Jodeen. Well there seems to be plenty of answers. but lets make it easier:

1. the pressure under water is the far greater than that of our normal atmosphere. for every meter underwater the pressure increases

2. a rigid suit provides a protective shell to house the human inside.

3. a flexible suit will practically collapse under the pressure of the water even if the suit is filled with air.

think of putting a balloon under water after a certain depth the balloon shrinks

hope that helps

Answer 4

In the opposite to space, the extreme pressure would crush a human (their organs, especially the lungs, blood vessels, etc), rendering them unable to breath. So by having a rigid suit, you could create a pressure more like that we normally experience.