Date: 24/08/2017 21:10:39
From: dv
ID: 1108811
Subject: Legendary Elon Musk displays spacesuit

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-24/elon-musk-unveils-spacex-spacesuit/8838320

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has released the first photo of his SpaceX spacesuit, making the point it’s not just a mock-up: “This actually works”.

The picture shows a white suit with black piping and a dark-tinted visor on an astronaut apparently strapped in and ready to take to the skies.

“First picture of SpaceX spacesuit,” Mr Musk wrote.

“More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works . Already tested to double vacuum pressure.

“Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function. Easy to do either separately.”

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Date: 24/08/2017 21:13:57
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1108817
Subject: re: Legendary Elon Musk displays spacesuit

Does it incorporate a nappy?

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Date: 24/08/2017 21:15:29
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1108818
Subject: re: Legendary Elon Musk displays spacesuit

dv said:


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-24/elon-musk-unveils-spacex-spacesuit/8838320

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has released the first photo of his SpaceX spacesuit, making the point it’s not just a mock-up: “This actually works”.

The picture shows a white suit with black piping and a dark-tinted visor on an astronaut apparently strapped in and ready to take to the skies.

“First picture of SpaceX spacesuit,” Mr Musk wrote.

“More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works . Already tested to double vacuum pressure.

“Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function. Easy to do either separately.”

more streamlined than Apollo suits

more streamlined than ISS suits too

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Date: 24/08/2017 21:15:37
From: dv
ID: 1108820
Subject: re: Legendary Elon Musk displays spacesuit

Peak Warming Man said:


Does it incorporate a nappy?

No need! Just stick a lithium ion powered waste converter in your rectum and another up your urethra and you’re good to go.

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Date: 24/08/2017 21:16:00
From: sibeen
ID: 1108821
Subject: re: Legendary Elon Musk displays spacesuit

dv said:


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-24/elon-musk-unveils-spacex-spacesuit/8838320

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has released the first photo of his SpaceX spacesuit, making the point it’s not just a mock-up: “This actually works”.

The picture shows a white suit with black piping and a dark-tinted visor on an astronaut apparently strapped in and ready to take to the skies.

“First picture of SpaceX spacesuit,” Mr Musk wrote.

“More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works . Already tested to double vacuum pressure.

“Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function. Easy to do either separately.”

Look, I don’t want to be a nervous Nelly or a scaremonger, and of course this is a completely different company…but…let’s just say I’ve had fair experience with new offerings from Tesla. I wouldn’t want to be one of the first to be wearing the suit.

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Date: 24/08/2017 21:18:05
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1108822
Subject: re: Legendary Elon Musk displays spacesuit

dv said:


Peak Warming Man said:

Does it incorporate a nappy?

No need! Just stick a lithium ion powered waste converter in your rectum and another up your urethra and you’re good to go.

OK, I’ll report back.

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Date: 24/08/2017 21:31:26
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1108831
Subject: re: Legendary Elon Musk displays spacesuit

sibeen said:


dv said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-24/elon-musk-unveils-spacex-spacesuit/8838320

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has released the first photo of his SpaceX spacesuit, making the point it’s not just a mock-up: “This actually works”.

The picture shows a white suit with black piping and a dark-tinted visor on an astronaut apparently strapped in and ready to take to the skies.

“First picture of SpaceX spacesuit,” Mr Musk wrote.

“More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works . Already tested to double vacuum pressure.

“Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function. Easy to do either separately.”

Look, I don’t want to be a nervous Nelly or a scaremonger, and of course this is a completely different company…but…let’s just say I’ve had fair experience with new offerings from Tesla. I wouldn’t want to be one of the first to be wearing the suit.

If I was the space-travelling kind, and thank the Lord I’m not sir, the kind of company that I’d travel with would be run by a real person.

Not some legend.

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Date: 24/08/2017 22:04:13
From: tauto
ID: 1108841
Subject: re: Legendary Elon Musk displays spacesuit

Tau.Neutrino said:


dv said:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-24/elon-musk-unveils-spacex-spacesuit/8838320

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has released the first photo of his SpaceX spacesuit, making the point it’s not just a mock-up: “This actually works”.

The picture shows a white suit with black piping and a dark-tinted visor on an astronaut apparently strapped in and ready to take to the skies.

“First picture of SpaceX spacesuit,” Mr Musk wrote.

“More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works . Already tested to double vacuum pressure.

“Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function. Easy to do either separately.”

more streamlined than Apollo suits

more streamlined than ISS suits too

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You don’t need to be streamlined in weightlessness

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Date: 25/08/2017 21:56:34
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1109312
Subject: re: Legendary Elon Musk displays spacesuit

> I wouldn’t want to be one of the first to be wearing the suit.

I would. The NASA and CCCP suits are abysmal. The Chinese space suits are a bit better.

> Streamlined

For that read “low mass/inertia with flexibility in all the right places”. Yes, it is very important in space. A good space suit will triple the time you can comfortably spend outside. A bad space suit takes a couple of hours to put on, won’t fit through the airlock, and leaves you sweltering like a pig.

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