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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:43:14 PM EDT
Look here
The following picture was found by BillyThePoet below. Reposted here for those who may overlook it plus it is a better pair of pictures than listed above. The link above did note that the unit is operational...not a mockup. Update: The pictures below may be two year old concept images. 
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:45:34 PM EDT
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Is that real? That can't be real- its so thin?
This is just decompression protection and for emergency evacuation, its not intended for EVAs is it? |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:47:33 PM EDT
[#2]
Nice, in before the haters.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:47:36 PM EDT
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Is that real? That can't be real- its so thin? This is just decompression protection and for emergency evacuation, its not intended for EVAs is it? |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:48:46 PM EDT
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Might buy you a couple minutes of cold protection and air. Better than nothing maybe enough time to un-fuck yourself?
Edit: IVA only I see. Cool. Yeah enough time to get unfucked. Nice and mobile. Cool. Edit: I have no love for Musk and I hate his cars...but the suit looks pretty neat. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:49:11 PM EDT
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That's cool.
I hope I get to see legit space travel someday. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:52:54 PM EDT
[#6]
Instagram blocked at work, and twitter rarely works. Any other links?
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:53:51 PM EDT
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Instagram blocked at work, and twitter rarely works. Any other links? |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:53:55 PM EDT
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https://twitter.com/astro_g_dogg/status/900371010846810113 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Is that real? That can't be real- its so thin? This is just decompression protection and for emergency evacuation, its not intended for EVAs is it? |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:54:16 PM EDT
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Instagram blocked at work, and twitter rarely works. Any other links? |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:54:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:54:50 PM EDT
[#11]
A beedy beedy beedy ("like" in Tweeky talk)
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:55:14 PM EDT
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For some reason, that dude looks dead to me.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:56:03 PM EDT
[#13]
So, who wants to the first to scream in space.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:56:35 PM EDT
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Is that real? That can't be real- its so thin? This is just decompression protection and for emergency evacuation, its not intended for EVAs is it? Good to see suits getting lighther and less bulky. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:56:47 PM EDT
[#15]
Sort of like The Martian and Interstellar looking suits
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:56:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:57:07 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryI love all of the startups and new ideas coming to the space industry finally. I hope we are on the verge of a major space industry revolution. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 2:59:50 PM EDT
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Nice, in before the haters. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:00:37 PM EDT
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I love all of the startups and new ideas coming to the space industry finally. I hope we are on the verge of a major space industry revolution. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:01:08 PM EDT
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Sort of like The Martian and Interstellar looking suits |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:01:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:04:44 PM EDT
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I love all of the startups and new ideas coming to the space industry finally. I hope we are on the verge of a major space industry revolution.  Vector Space Systems secures 25-year lease in Tucson, hiring 200 employees |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:04:49 PM EDT
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It seems the suits we were today look like the ones we took to the moon.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:05:13 PM EDT
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Since everyone else was too lazy to post a pic.... |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:06:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:07:51 PM EDT
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https://i.redditmedia.com/ixHIWpINCRkcv-29pW-gjC9LgSFcn_fnZDyriykSydE.jpg?w=768&s=072b5125982567664648166e2b71305f Since everyone else was too lazy to post a pic.... |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:10:19 PM EDT
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My God. The burocracy and financial overhead of the government is totally exposed when a private party comes into an industry that was previously a government only endeavor and in the matter of 5y does better than the government could in 50y.
Seriously, everyone at every level inside NASA, working for NASA, funding NASA, overseeing NASA should be so ashamed by this picture. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:11:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:11:54 PM EDT
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This founder split from Elon Musk and is now launching rockets for one-twentieth the cost of SpaceX.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P98Rx6HWQUsVector smallsat launcher is 150kg to LEO and 0kg to GTO. 22,800/150 = 152 20 times the cost for 152 times the payload It's like comparing a courier bike to an 18 wheeler. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:14:06 PM EDT
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This is Boeing's pressurized flight suit.
Both Boeing's and Space X's "spacesuits" are flight suits to be worn during transportation inside the spacecraft rather than EVA spacesuits. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/boeing-releases-snazzy-new-blue-spacesuits-for-starliner-fliers/ |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:14:44 PM EDT
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Well that could be that Boeing and Space X have different ideas of what the suit should do, within the fixed boundries of the contract specifications.
Space X might see the contract specs as "worst case" scenerios and will be happy to scrape by safety wise, as they see this as a often worn/seldom used item and thus movement and being able to use your hands while wearing it are more important. Boeing might be more focused on redundancy, have excess safety capacity, and see movement and daily wear as secondary to safety- design the ship interior to fit the suit and not the other way round. It will be really interesting if the ship and suit designs do not get chosen from the same maker- as I am sure Space X is designing their suit for their ships interior and Boeing is designing their ship interior for their suit. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:16:18 PM EDT
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This founder split from Elon Musk and is now launching rockets for one-twentieth the cost of SpaceX. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P98Rx6HWQUs |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:17:41 PM EDT
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<Edited -40xb>
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:17:52 PM EDT
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This founder split from Elon Musk and is now launching rockets for one-twentieth the cost of SpaceX. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P98Rx6HWQUsQuote HistoryQuoted:
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I love all of the startups and new ideas coming to the space industry finally. I hope we are on the verge of a major space industry revolution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P98Rx6HWQUs |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:19:15 PM EDT
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For lack of the proper terminology, where are all of the life support fittings? |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:19:29 PM EDT
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Looks like something Eddie Murphy would wear doing stand up in the 80's.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:20:35 PM EDT
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https://i.redditmedia.com/ixHIWpINCRkcv-29pW-gjC9LgSFcn_fnZDyriykSydE.jpg?w=768&s=072b5125982567664648166e2b71305f Since everyone else was too lazy to post a pic.... |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:21:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:21:50 PM EDT
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"Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function"
Translation: "I wasted a bunch of money trying to make it look sexy" |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:22:42 PM EDT
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Something looks "off" about them, the blacked out visor, the tight "tailoring" and the missing hookups for life support. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:23:00 PM EDT
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Already tested to double vacuum pressure. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:25:39 PM EDT
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Like they will ever need it. lol
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:25:55 PM EDT
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What's double vacuum pressure? Near earth outer space is 0.000001 Torr. So they when to 0.000002 Torr or did they half it to 0.0000005 Torr? The moon is around 0.00000000001 Torr. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:26:14 PM EDT
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What's double vacuum pressure? Near earth outer space is 0.000001 Torr. So they when to 0.000002 Torr or did they half it to 0.0000005 Torr? The moon is around 0.00000000001 Torr. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:31:00 PM EDT
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What's double vacuum pressure? Near earth outer space is 0.000001 Torr. So they when to 0.000002 Torr or did they half it to 0.0000005 Torr? The moon is around 0.00000000001 Torr. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:34:27 PM EDT
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Change up the helmet and you have the silhouette of what people said aliens looked like.
That's why I think we were in fact visited by aliens, but they really were just people inside space suits...they also kept their space suits on because of not wanted to catch disease. Very cool space suit none the less. It looks like you can actually move in it. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:35:43 PM EDT
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This is Boeing's pressurized flight suit. Both Boeing's and Space X's "spacesuits" are flight suits to be worn during transportation inside the spacecraft rather than EVA spacesuits. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/boeing-releases-snazzy-new-blue-spacesuits-for-starliner-fliers/
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:35:44 PM EDT
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That's an old concept photo from ~2 years ago. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Something looks "off" about them, the blacked out visor, the tight "tailoring" and the missing hookups for life support. Any links that actually show the space suit Musk is presenting as a fully working, flight ready pressure suit? |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:36:53 PM EDT
[#49]
Looks like you would be FUCKED if a micro meteorite hit you.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:37:49 PM EDT
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Next astronaut is apparently the Stig.
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