Nasa releases images of prototype Mars space suit

Telegraph UK ^ | May 1, 2014 | Maria McEvoy

[bkopto]

Nasa has released pictures of a prototype space suit, parts of which American astronauts could one day wear on the first manned mission to Mars.

The public voted on three different designs for the Z-2 and the "Technology" design won by a landslide with 63 per cent of the vote.

The design uses luminescent wire to form a light on the front of the suit that can be personalised to help astronauts identify other individuals on their team. The Z-2 is a prototype so will not be making any future trip to Mars itself as it does not have the ability to fend off the extreme temperatures and radiation of a flight into space, but Nasa said elements of the suit could one day be used by the first astronauts to visit Mars.

The Z-2 is a development on the original Z-1 design that Nasa released in 2012, which was the first major overhaul of space suits in 30 years.

[a fool in paradise]

Looks like a scene out of 50s Sci-Fi grade B flick.

We now return to the 1954 feature Amazon Women on the Moon...

[Fawn]

Smurfs come to mind..

[JoeProBono]

[AzSteven]

I can eat an enormous amount of ice cream...

[taillightchaser]

Moochell is outraged at this waste of money she could be using for more vacations.

[a fool in paradise]

I’m willing to give the Mooch a vacation on Mars. Those are planned to be one way trips.

[a fool in paradise]

These rocket technologies have passed their prime. We need a high spreed MONORAIL to Mars.

[a fool in paradise]

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Somewhere, The Stig is switching his gears....

[GeronL]

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[John W]

Good point.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

Where were you in 1977?

[Drago]

"They don’t even have a ride to the ISS now and they’re window shopping for Mars space suits?"

It gets worse...the Pentagon's satellite launch vehicle (Atlas V) uses Russian engines! http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-03-13/russian-engine-on-atlas-v-rocket-needs-u-dot-s-dot-review-hagel-says

[OldNewYork]

So gay.

How do we plan on getting there now that we might not even have a lift to the space station by our cosmonaut-launching friends?

[JoeProBono]

1977 Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"

[Popman]

Is that a joke?

[Daffynition]

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Why is NASA even fiddling around with space suits for Mars. They currently don’t even have manned orbital capability. What’s next, picking out upholstery for interstellar ships?

They're having a gay old time over there.