elonmusk: First picture of SpaceX spacesuit. More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works (not a mockup). Already tested to double vacuum pressure. Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function. Easy to do either separately.
What is "double vacuum pressure"?
The first image of the suit has just been posted: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYIPmEFAIIn/ It's awesome!
Quote from: Kang54 on 08/23/2017 08:06 amThe first image of the suit has just been posted: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYIPmEFAIIn/ It's awesome!Cool!
Quote from: First Mate Rummey on 08/23/2017 08:54 amQuote from: Kang54 on 08/23/2017 08:06 amThe first image of the suit has just been posted: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYIPmEFAIIn/ It's awesome!Cool! Agreed. The SpaceX suit makes the Boeing Starliner suit look silly.
elonmusk First picture of SpaceX spacesuit. More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works (not a mockup). Already tested to double vacuum pressure. Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics [sic] and function. Easy to do either separately.
Wait for the baggy behind with room for the nappies.
A dirty secret ... When I toured the SpaceX factory in Hawthorne in 2014, I saw these under development. Pretty much the color scheme I saw.
QuoteA dirty secret ... When I toured the SpaceX factory in Hawthorne in 2014, I saw these under development. Pretty much the color scheme I saw.https://twitter.com/spacekscblog/status/900316492096516096
They really did stick to the design we saw in L2 in 2015.https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/01/starliner-space-suit-boeing-blue-revealed/
Garrett Reisman ✔ @astro_g_doggThis suit is much better than the one I wore in the Shuttle. Lots of great innovations. I wore one today for our post-splashdown safety test https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/900363626841812992 …10:55 AM - Aug 23, 2017 · Florida, USA
Presumably, the SpaceX suit as shown is unpressurized. It may be less "form fitting" when pressurized. Aesthetically, the exterior looks "too cool for school" but, remember this is exclusively an IVA suit not unlike, in function, the modified Navy pressure suit worn by the Mercury astronauts, which was relatively form-fitting. The crew of Gemini 7 also wore an IVA suit that was pretty futuristic looking.
Now they just need to produce those in PowerRangers-like colors and the new space race is won.