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Title: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 11:17:16 AM

Hooray! (http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/biosuit-0716.html)

You know in those sci-fi movies, they don't wear those super bulky space suits? Scif-fi no more!

(http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/biosuit1-enlarged.jpg)

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: Ghandi on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 11:55:37 AM

That actually looks pretty cool. Now our female astronauts can do space walks and show off their bodies.

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 12:44:55 PM

Must resist urge to make reference to anime.....

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/TheGreatTetsuo/rei-ayanami-waving.jpg)


Shit...

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: Antares on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 07:24:35 PM

Obvious fashion perks aside.  I can imagine this will make performing complicated space walks vastly easier. I don't know how astronauts manage to get anything done with the current space suits.

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: Ghandi on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 07:46:39 PM

It is pretty insane that current space suits require 70-80 percent of the astronauts energy just to bend the suit. I can't believe the technology is still so juvenile.

What really took me aback when I read the article, though, was that it said we would be landing on mars in 10 years. We are nowhere close to landing on mars. They must assume that some significant technological leaps will occur in the next 10 years. 

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: Antares on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 07:49:11 PM

The technology itself is available.  Unfortunately we have been doing none of the needed engineering to make a trip to mars a reality.  I'm pretty sure we could accomplish the goal with today's means.  We just need to actually start developing some of the ideas to make it possible.



Mars Bitches!!!  M-A-R-S!

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: Ghandi on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 07:57:24 PM

Don't be silly. The aliens would destroy us long before we reached the surface. This is a diplomatic solution, not a scientific one.

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: sirean_syan on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 08:45:41 PM

MIT.... how much you wanna bet they all looked at the one female in the group and said, "You get to be the model."

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: Cool_Gamer1 on Wednesday, July 18, 2007, 10:32:22 PM

stupid...sexy...flanders!

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: Antares on Thursday, July 19, 2007, 12:47:22 PM

Quote from: sirean_syan on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 08:45:41 PM

MIT.... how much you wanna bet they all looked at the one female in the group and said, "You get to be the model."

Yes, but shortly afterward they discovered that the only female was much too fat for the spacesuit, so they picked the most effeminate male nerd instead.

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: K-man on Monday, July 23, 2007, 11:22:41 PM

For whatever reason, this thread reminded me of these:

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: Schlotzky5 on Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 07:38:34 AM

I think that these new suits will make it much more comfortable for astronauts to drive 500 miles without stopping to assault their lover's lover.

Title: Re: Skin tight space suits a reality
Post by: Ghandi on Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 12:34:50 PM

Well, the adult diapers are built in.