# How did the astronauts cope with the drastic temperatures on the moon?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 14, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-astronauts-cope-with-the-drastic-temperatures-on-the-moon/496438 "2009-05-14T18:42:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-astronauts-cope-with-the-drastic-temperatures-on-the-moon/496438/41 "2009-05-21T16:03:57Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> According to the 1958 documentary _Missile to the Moon_, stepping into direct sunlight could be extremely hazardous, as shown in [official footage](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKQo8mKTEWk).

So _that’s_ where the Moon Hoax Believers got the Lunar Sunlight = Instant Death trope from!

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-astronauts-cope-with-the-drastic-temperatures-on-the-moon/496438/42 "2009-05-21T20:19:21Z")

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> [@solkoe](#):
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> Interesting but even so, I can’t imagine a space suit would protect me from 100 C for very long.

So you never use an oven mitt/pot holder? Ovens get considerably hotter than 100C/212F, yet plain old fabric oven mitts protect pretty darn well against that heat. I’d imagine spacesuits are quite a bit better at such protection than an oven mitt.

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