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    One Size Will Fit All With New Shrinking Spacesuit

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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    12/02/09

    In reply to One Size Will Fit All With New Shrinking Spacesuit
    These are nice!

    Too bad we probably won't ever need them.
    -Kle.
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    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    12/01/09

    In reply to One Size Will Fit All With New Shrinking Spacesuit
    Auto-fitting spacesuits? So, we're basically talking plug-suits from Evangelion, right?
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12/01/09

    In reply to One Size Will Fit All With New Shrinking Spacesuit
    What ever happened to that skin tight suit they were working on? I think it was at MIT.
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    Image of Starlionblue Starlionblue
    12/01/09

    @LittleDragon: Skintight suits are a good idea, but the problems currently outweigh the advantages.
    Issue #1: Takes a long time to put one. Think wetsuit x10.
    Issue #2: Hard to get a good fit in some area like the crotch. And if it is not tight fitting you get suction problems in those areas.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    12/01/09

    @Starlionblue: I don't know have issue #1. When ever I have worn a full body wetsuit, it was fairly easy to get on but a pain to get off.
    To deal with issue #2, just have personalized suits. I think they dealt with this issues in their proposal but need to go back and check.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    12/01/09

    In reply to One Size Will Fit All With New Shrinking Spacesuit
    The interesting thing to me was learning that the bulk of EVA mission time was spent by astronauts wrestling with their bulky suits. This new suit would be a real boon for EVAs.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Suits That Carried Our Heroes To The Moon
    I cannot believe how brave those astronauts were. Imagine putting on one of those iffy-looking suits and hoping they didn't fail when you had to walk on the moon. Heroes, indeed.
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    Image of Jes St.Lawrence Jes St.Lawrence
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Suits That Carried Our Heroes To The Moon
    I'm
    too sexy for asbestos,
    too sexy for asbestos,
    Connections & Cosmos.
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Suits That Carried Our Heroes To The Moon
    Where are the sexy skin tight suits MIT was working on?
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    Belabras promoted this comment LittleDragon was starred LittleDragon was unstarred
    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    07/17/09

    @LittleDragon:
    Those aren't a done deal yet. Currently Oceaneering International has the contract for the new suits.

    see here: http://www.spacecoalition.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/4/29/New%20Space%20Suit%20Back%20on%20Track
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    Belabras promoted this comment Edited by Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! at 07/17/09 2:10 PM Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! was starred Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! was unstarred
    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Suits That Carried Our Heroes To The Moon
    Very, very cool.
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    Belabras promoted this comment Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! was starred Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Suits That Carried Our Heroes To The Moon
    Growing up in DC, countless field trips were spent going to see the various Smithsonian Museums and the Air and Space never, ever, got boring or repetitive. I would walk as slow as possible through Skylab's thin walkway to absorb as much as I could.
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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Suits That Carried Our Heroes To The Moon
    Those are some fantastic pictures!
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    Image of Aethelred Aethelred
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Suits That Carried Our Heroes To The Moon
    Back when Air&Space was ina Quonset beside the Castle, they would let you sit in a [never launched] Mercury capsule and push the "fire retro rockets" button when the recorded Mission Control said to do so. It was so cool, but even as a kid of 9, I found the capsule a tight squeeze.
    Memories.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/17/09

    @Aethelred: Same here. I never could figure out how grown-up men could fit into that, in a bulky spacesuit. How claustrophobic. But I guess you're too busy trying not to DIE IN OUTER SPACE to worry about that.
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    Image of MahaliaLibnut MahaliaLibnut
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Suits That Carried Our Heroes To The Moon
    what's the pic of the indonesian PD investigating a hotel bombing have to do with this?
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment MahaliaLibnut was starred MahaliaLibnut was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    07/17/09

    @MahaliaLibnut: Uh.... it's becuase the Indoniesian police are thinking about the Lunar landings..... ummm.. Let me try and fix that.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/17/09

    @MahaliaLibnut: The lamp behind them does look a bit like a rocket booster, and they are kind of in space suits.
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