oxygen mask!? so what's the big deal her.

[TheMetalGoat]

can someone tell me why this doesn't work under warther?? it's a oxygen mask for space exploration, don't tell me that stuff doesn't work underwater. :L

i'm just really in need of a diving gear

[Slayster]

Yeah I thought that would be a good feature when I started too. But once you get your power suit it you quickly forget about it as that has various underwater options.

[weirleader]

yeah, go for the Electrolyzer (think that's the Power Suit add-on); it does the trick nicely, even though, as you pointed out, the space gear should work as well.

[TonyVS]

designed for different pressures in mind, I wouldn't wear a scuba suit in space, well you could, but you would only do it once

[Timendainum]

But you could wear a space suit under water. NASA does it.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/12/13/watch-nasa-test-its-new-pumpkin-spacesuit-in-underwater-lab/

[phazeonphoenix]

The issue isn't the suit. Remember that at one point deep sea diving was done in those big bulky suits with the brass helmet and glass windows. In either a space suit or a diving suit the basics is the same, pressure is used to provide a survivable environment. The difference is which direction does the system have to apply that pressure. Underwater, pressure from the environment pushes in and so the suit has to push back out. In space, pressure from inside the suit tries to get out so it has to be held in. From a design stand point that is a very important difference.

[TonyVS]

we have one of those in game, thy that

[weirleader]

The issue isn't the suit. Remember that at one point deep sea diving was done in those big bulky suits with the brass helmet and glass windows. In either a space suit or a diving suit the basics is the same, pressure is used to provide a survivable environment. The difference is which direction does the system have to apply that pressure. Underwater, pressure from the environment pushes in and so the suit has to push back out. In space, pressure from inside the suit tries to get out so it has to be held in. From a design stand point that is a very important difference.

though I believe an astronaut could jump in a lake with their suit on and still be able to breathe through their tanks... we're not talking about the Marianus Trench here.