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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeeky joy: NASA's next-generation Z-2 spacesuit with Tron-like ‘technology’ design chosen by public
NASA has revealed the result of the public vote on the next-generation spacesuit design.
The U.S. space agency has unveiled the new "technology" suit for the prototype Z-2 spacesuit, which features an external "cover layer" chosen by the public.
The "Tron-like" design won over fans of the science fiction saga, with its light-emitting panels and Luminex wire.
The suit, which was created by ILC Dover with the help of students from Philadelphia University, will be tested at NASA's Johnson Space Center in November.
MORE HERE: http://wonkynewsnerd.com/nasa-next-generation-space-suit/
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Geeky joy: NASA's next-generation Z-2 spacesuit with Tron-like ‘technology’ design chosen by public (Original Post)
LuckyTheDog
May 2014
OP
maybe they can tap Ralph Lauren to jazz them up the way he did the US Olympics
KittyWampus
May 2014
#6
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)1. That's one ugly spacesuit.
I'm all for light-providing exteriors, if they're helpful, but that looks like a cross of a fat guy's track suit and a fishbowl.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)2. Needs an egg beater where the ears are.
Butt ugly is right.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)6. maybe they can tap Ralph Lauren to jazz them up the way he did the US Olympics
team.
bobduca
(1,763 posts)3. Great, It's a Sontaran
longship
(40,416 posts)4. Which will apparently never go into space.
So why waste money on this?
And it does look like Santaran.
Fscking ugly.
I guess I lose my nerd badge.
Sorry.
FSogol
(45,529 posts)5. Do most astronauts have beer guts?