The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

António Pedro Marques · 02 Jul 2010, 18:55 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: entonio at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?QW50w7NuaW8gUGVkcm8gTWFycXVlcw==?=)
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:55:25 +0100
Subject: (urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by
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adam at io.com wrote (02-07-2010 19:49):
>
> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:00:11 +0100, Ant?nio Pedro Marques
> <entonio at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> The reflection on the visor, in that picture, looks like it's something
>> relfected on a gilded surface. The black part could be interpreted as
>> shadow. In fact, if I didn't know better, I might also guess the visor's
>> surface was golden.
>
> Well, er....
>
> http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-LEVA.html
>
> "The inner surface of the polysulfone sun visor has a gold coating which
> provides protection against light and reduces heat gain within the helmet."

I may have not expressed myself clearly. I might guess it was all solid gold.

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