NASA’s next generation of space suit—the agency’s first in 20 years—will look familiar to fans of computer-generated cartoon classic Toy Story.Posted on 12/19/2012 10:04:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
NASA’s next generation of space suit—the agency’s first in 20 years—will look familiar to fans of computer-generated cartoon classic Toy Story.
That’s because the new white and green Z-1 suit bears more than a passing resemblance to the interstellar hero Buzz Lightyear.
The prototype suit was revealed in a host of pictures uploaded today to photo-sharing website Flickr, and it boasts trim of the same hue as that worn by the space ranger action figure.
A large hemispherical transparent dome covering the wearer’s head also looks remarkably similar to that worn by Buzz—although the latest pictures do not make clear if NASA’s version comes with preprogrammed catchphrases.
The main advance in NASA’s rather more primitive effort is that it will have an entry point at the rear to make it easier to don than previous suits. …
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Uh huh. Sheesh. It's a spacesuit and here is FR turning into something else.
In the end of Toy Story 1 he fianlly realizes he's just a toy and can't fly, he's just "falling...with style."
Does it have a built in prayer rug for outreach?
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