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Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« on: January 27, 2017, 12:32:23 am »

Soon those bulky, orange spacesuits will be collecting dust in the back of astronauts' closets.


On Wednesday Boeing unveiled a new, sleeker, flexible version that will bring modern design to space travel. "It is a lot lighter, more form-fitting and it's simpler, which is always a good thing," said astronaut Eric Boe. "Complicated systems have more ways they can break, so simple is better on something like this."


The new, blue suit weighs only 20 pounds, that's 10 pounds less then the launch-and-entry suits astronauts wear today. Other features include: touchscreen-sensitive gloves; visor and helmet incorporated in the suit and more flexibility in the elbows and knees to allow more freedom of movement.


Read More: http://www.isn-news.net/2017/01/boeing-unveils-new-blue-spacesuits.html
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Re: Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2017, 12:32:41 am »
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Re: Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2017, 12:42:43 am »
That's a step in the right direction.
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Re: Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2017, 12:45:24 am »
Quote from: Idaho_Cowboy on January 27, 2017, 12:42:43 am
That's a step in the right direction.

Agreed. Much prettier.
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Re: Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2017, 03:47:01 pm »

The launch and entry suit isn't really a "space suit."

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Re: Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2017, 03:48:17 pm »
Blue, hmmm.  That way your fellow astronauts won't be able to spot you as you plummet toward the Earth from orbit. 
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Re: Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2017, 02:05:27 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on January 27, 2017, 03:48:17 pm
Blue, hmmm.  That way your fellow astronauts won't be able to spot you as you plummet toward the Earth from orbit.

Well, they can follow your plasma trail as you burn to a crisp during re-entry........
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Re: Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2017, 03:10:03 pm »
Quote from: Joe Wooten on January 30, 2017, 02:05:27 pm
Well, they can follow your plasma trail as you burn to a crisp during re-entry........
:silly:
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Re: Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2017, 04:43:17 pm »
Well, at least it's not quite U.N.-blue.
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Re: Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2017, 04:59:47 pm »
Boeing spacesuits? Will these catch fire too?

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Re: Boeing unveils new, blue spacesuits
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2017, 08:45:38 pm »
Quote from: Joe Wooten on January 30, 2017, 02:05:27 pm
Well, they can follow your plasma trail as you burn to a crisp during re-entry........

Fair enough!!  :silly:
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