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NASA's New Spacesuits Are Made For Walking

space.newscientist.com — Until now, astronauts used spacesuits that were designed for floating in space, but Moon missions require a more flexible approach.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 23, 2008

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  • inactive, on 06/23/2008, -4/+33And that's just what they'll do.
    One of these days spacesuits are going to walk all over you

    Was Nancy Sinatra the real origin of Soviet Russia jokes?
  • inactive, on 06/23/2008, -2/+21These comments are horrible.
  • Cruelapollo, on 06/23/2008, -0/+6Don't strain yourself.
  • Frost9999, on 06/23/2008, -1/+5Space suit design seems like an ideal canditate for an 'X-Prize' kind of contest.
  • luckyguy2000, on 06/23/2008, -1/+5some new moon or a mars landings would be awesome. mankind would be stupid not to advance in space exploration. GO usa and all the other nations capable to pull such stunts.
  • Frost9999, on 06/23/2008, -1/+3The money spent, a tiny amount compared with defense budgets, can not be used to buy peace.
  • LucasVB, on 06/23/2008, -0/+2"You keep sayin' you've got something for me
    Something you call budget, but suppress"

    Now on to the moon!
  • Realnemesis, on 06/23/2008, -0/+2To be honest the article is almost as bad as the comments themselves..
  • DrivinWest, on 06/23/2008, -0/+2Terrible.
  • ninjan, on 06/23/2008, -1/+2They should let Tony Stark design a new one.
  • domokunt, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Thats because peace involves not spending money
  • sTiVo, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1failasa is faildiculously bad. made me laugh tho.
  • thawkth, on 06/23/2008, -0/+0Well, should the world shift more of it's energy from war and into exploration/advancement, I'm sure we'd work what many would see as miracles.

    I think a large part of the problem is that people are children - ignorant, scared, little children for the most part.

    They must keep busy. Any society must be kept busy.

    So why not, I dunno, do something HARD and productive.
  • vodkataime, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1Looks like something out of science fiction.
  • domokunt, on 06/23/2008, -2/+2Lets explore peace on earth first.
  • domokunt, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1Holy ***** thats terrible... FAILackar
  • AshamedAmerican, on 06/23/2008, -1/+1By 7 hours.

    You rushed in here to make such an obvious "witty" comment so close to the top, to get the max amount of diggs for sure, that you didn't even read either of the only 2 other comments on the board, right?
  • Fizzle, on 06/23/2008, -2/+1For a company that won the contract for the new spacesuit, Oceaneering International sure has a crappy website..
  • peterfnet, on 06/23/2008, -2/+1Sweet, 1 step closer to Master Chief.
  • greevar, on 06/23/2008, -3/+2Can you believe they put a man on the moon? Man on the moon?
  • fluxion, on 06/23/2008, -2/+1the sketch looks so much cooler than the actual version. NASA should get their money back, aliens are gonna laugh us off the intergalactic scene if they see us fumbling around in these
  • freakyrunnerguy, on 06/23/2008, -3/+1Now spacesuits and Boots are made for walking. oh goody...
  • CanceledCzech, on 06/23/2008, -5/+2These suits were made for walking, and that's just what they'll do. One of these days these suits are gonna walk all over you.
  • duke1981, on 06/23/2008, -8/+1Being in space has got to be the greatest experience ever, then these guys get to go to the moon. Just unfair.
  • LucasVB, on 06/23/2008, -8/+1You keep sayin' you've got something for me
    Something you call budget, but suppress
  • heavystone, on 06/23/2008, -7/+1Why? They have not been on the moon for YEARS..or is it decades now? Its not likely they will be again soon. So why spend all that money on developing when they have no intention of going there?

    Yet again NASA is just waisting time and money.
  • unknownohm, on 06/23/2008, -11/+3everyone knows that the moon is made of cheese, so of course you just duct tape rats to your feet, jeesh
  • tonyDigger, on 06/23/2008, -10/+1They won't bounce now :)
  • Rudegar, on 06/23/2008, -9/+0:S i still pref flying out there though
  • bsonline, on 06/23/2008, -11/+1I want a spacesuit designed for jumping really high on the moon. With freaking lasers.
  • mojoe1185, on 06/23/2008, -10/+1fudged71 beat me to the punch
  • douch3mom, on 06/23/2008, -12/+1As if going to space wasn't cool enough, now you can WALK?!
  • raeshao, on 06/23/2008, -12/+1Your move creep.

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