Elon Musk reveals first official photo of SpaceX space suit

The Verge ^ | August 23, 2017 | Thuy Ong

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Elon Musk has posted the official first photo of his SpaceX space suit on Instagram, teasing that more details will come in a few days. Musk says the suit actually works, and was tested to double vacuum pressure. The suit itself is very white and very spacey, and Musk acknowledges that it was “incredibly hard” to balance the suit’s look and its function.

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[BushCountry]

Consider yourself pinged...

[Delta 21]

I want mine 3D printed for that custom “IronMan” look and feel.

[real saxophonist]

I think I’d rather have a suit that was based on function, not style.

[Blood of Tyrants]

What is double vacuum? I thought a vacuum was the absence of any air.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

You kiddin’! I want one to wear when I am driving my ultra premium package Lexus 350 around town!

[Artemis Webb]

From what I can gather it’s a misleading term. What is being postulated online is that the standard internal pressure of the suit was doubled while in vacuum to test against bursting.

[SkyDancer]

[TXnMA]

"Musk says the suit actually works, and was tested to double vacuum pressure."

"double vacuum pressure."?

Half of zero?

[rjsimmon]

What is double vacuum? I thought a vacuum was the absence of any air.

It's like double-secret probation, without the guilt.

[fishtank]

“The suit itself is very white”

RACIST!!!!

[Moonman62]

It’s like double secret probation.

[Moonman62]

I think I’d rather have a suit that was based on function, not style.

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It’s based on both.

[Common Sense 101]

At a cost of $3.3 million of taxpayer dollars per suit...

[al baby]

Seems to me the flag is backwards does Elon care or is it a dig or is it one of those silly ass selfie pics that turn everything backasswards?

[real saxophonist]

The Union (blue field) is always to the wearer’s front. The Army also says it depicts ‘moving forward’.

[NorthMountain]

None of those things. When a flag is placed on the side of a uniform or vehicle like that, the field is always forward. Esample:

[TXnMA]

Are you sure that's the exampe you want to use? (Look closely: the stripes are vertical...)

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

Why is the suit white? Ae they saying blacks don’t belong in space? /sarc