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posted by on Saturday January 28 2017, @03:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the snazzy! dept.

The NASA astronauts who fly aboard Boeing's new spaceship will wear sleek, blue suits that are lighter, simpler and more comfortable than the bulky orange gear of the space shuttle era, company representatives said.

Unveiled today (Jan. 25), the new "Boeing Blue" spacesuits for the Starliner capsule weigh about 20 lbs. (9 kilograms) each with all of their accessories, compared to 30 lbs. (13.6 kg) for the old space shuttle suits, NASA officials said.

Other advances include touch-screen-sensitive gloves, more-flexible material and soft helmets that are incorporated into the suit (rather than the hard, detachable helmets of the shuttle era).

"It is a lot lighter, more formfitting, and it's simpler, which is always a good thing," NASA astronaut Eric Boe said in a statement. "Complicated systems have more ways they can break, so simple is better on something like this."

Source: http://www.space.com/35456-boeing-unveils-starliner-spacesuits-photos.html


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  • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Saturday January 28 2017, @02:05PM

    by linkdude64 (5482) on Saturday January 28 2017, @02:05PM (#459880)

    "Those spacesuits are faggoty. I work for the interior design division of Boston Dynamics"

    Are you posting while drunk or something? You know SJWs get people fired over this type of shit, right?

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