DailyDirt: Space Suits For Everyone
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Commercial space flights for tourists could be a routine program someday soon. With that in mind, there is some renewed excitement surrounding manned spaceflight, and for people with a few million bucks burning a hole in their pockets, an opportunity to go up into low earth orbit is not a ridiculous vacation idea. But before you pack your bags, you should check out some next generation spacesuit designs that claim to be more comfortable than ever before.
- A skintight spacesuit took some MIT researchers several years to develop — and its BioSuit still hasn’t been worn in space. The result is still a very fashionable and functional outfit that looks like it could have been designed for a Star Trek episode. [url]
- Bill Elkins, a designer of some Apollo-era space suits, talks about some of the old space suit designs and his experience testing them out. Elkins also holds a record for remaining conscious while sustaining 16.5 Gs of force in a big centrifuge. [url]
- Final Frontier Design has recently completed a Kickstarter project that raised over $20,000 for creating a soft spacesuit. One backer spent $10,000 and will get a custom prototype suit — which might become the most expensive Halloween costume ever. [url]
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Filed Under: apollo, bill elkins, biosuit, nasa, space, spaceflight, spacesuit
Companies: final frontier design, kickstarter
Comments on “DailyDirt: Space Suits For Everyone”
Total Recall 2.0
Since they’re re-making Total Recall, I think this is an appropriate question to ask again.. how long can people last in a vacuum?
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970603.html
“If you don’t try to hold your breath, exposure to space for half a minute or so is unlikely to produce permanent injury.”
Re: Total Recall 2.0
Superman don’t need no space suit.
“for people with a few million bucks burning a hole in their pockets, an opportunity to go up into low earth orbit is not a ridiculous vacation idea.”
Ahhh, so this is what they need those tax breaks for, it all makes sense now.
Hey, look honey … you can see our island from outerspace!
Wake me up when they have spray on space suits.