A lot of "going back to the moon" - talk today around the news of the Spacex crew. Here are the suits the Germans thought of in the 1970's... Wonder how much different they will be !
Yes, very true ! Maybe that's where Elon Musk got his idea from... just like some people say his flamethrowers sold by the Boring Company were inspired by Mell Brook's movie Spaceballs... (another conspiracy theory ?) To give him some credit - the guy is also an industrial designer, so it may have contributed but other factors were considered... they do seem lighter than the helmets available up to now to astronauts.
What's weird is 'life imitating art' - the new helmets look like 2001 a Space Odyssey helmets!!
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Yes, very true ! Maybe that's where Elon Musk got his idea from... just like some people say his flamethrowers sold by the Boring Company were inspired by Mell Brook's movie Spaceballs... (another conspiracy theory ?) To give him some credit - the guy is also an industrial designer, so it may have contributed but other factors were considered... they do seem lighter than the helmets available up to now to astronauts.
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