High-altitude pilots wear pressure suits as protection from cockpit depressurization. At altitudes above 63,000 feet without artificial air pressure, human blood and other fluids boil. U-2 planes could fly well above that range - at 70,000 feet - so pilots had to wear this S-1010 pressure suit and helmet to protect themselves. An added benefit to wearing the pressure suits is that they protect pilots from low temperatures at high altitudes; the temperature at U-2 mission altitudes is about minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit. No pressure, right?
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