Slim-fitting spacesuits

Precious Redsea on March 28, 2024 at 9:30 pm

Link: https://news.mit.edu/2014/second-skin-spac...

Check this out! MIT researchers are designing futuristic, skin-tight, shrink-wrapping spacesuits.
https://news.mit.edu/2014/second-skin-spacesuits-0918

Shrink-wrapping spacesuits

Link: https://news.mit.edu/2014/second

For future astronauts, the process of suiting up may go something like this: Instead of climbing into a conventional, bulky, gas-pressurized suit, an astronaut may don a lightweight, stretchy garment, lined with tiny, musclelike coils. She would then plug in to a spacecraft’s power supply, trigger... Read more

Mr N on March 28, 2024 at 8:04 pm

Idea: Slim-fitting spacesuits

Link: https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-futur...

Stylish and comfy spacesuits can make space exploration so much easier!

Astronaut Fashion Is Changing. This Is Not Your Grandpa’s Spacesuit - WSJ’s The Future of Everything - WSJ Podcasts

Link: https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj

For the first time in decades, NASA is planning to send astronauts back to the moon. Their spacesuits will be very different from what Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin wore when they walked the lunar surface in 1969. Spacesuits today are thinner and lighter, while still making sure astronauts can comp... Read more