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[alway]

Damn. Is it still a success if it sank?

Yeah; though suborbital rocket-boats is something they should look into.

[10ebbor10]

It deployed legs and fired the engine, which was what it was supposed to do.

I mean, the system is supposed to land on land, so...

[andrea]

but... that thing looks almost bulkier than what we use today. I thought the goal was to make things that are somewhat comfortable to use without being incredibly clumsy?


besides, that really looks like something from an old black and white sci fi movie.

[Eric Blank]

It may very well be both more flexible and weigh less than current space suit designs. It's just... poofy.

[10ebbor10]

As a note, that IS NOT the potential suit.

It isn't even a spacesuit. It's a ground suit. This is what NASA is going to use in the future for conventions and stuff, and for training missions and other nice pictures.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I recall there being a successful proposal for a relatively form-fitting EVA suit in the past few years, but I can't find it again.

[10ebbor10]

Yup, it has the great advantage of using tensile strength rather than pressure to keep the soft parts inside the human. Allows you to use full pressure, less bulkier suits and makes punctures much more survivable.

[alway]

Hey, new SpaceX F9R test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwwS4YOTbbw
Goes up 1km before slowly drifting back down onto the pad.

And here's a video of the NASA Morpheus VTVL moon lander prototype: http://www.space.com/25736-nasa-morpheus-lander-mock-moonscape-video.html
Based on the vehicle design of Carmack's now-defunct Armadillo Aerospace, Pixel. Of note, it uses a methane-LOX liquid fuel, rather than kerosene-LOX combination, so the fuel could be produced on various astronomical bodies.

[10ebbor10]

As a note, that IS NOT the potential suit.

It isn't even a spacesuit. It's a ground suit. This is what NASA is going to use in the future for conventions and stuff, and for training missions and other nice pictures.

Last I checked, training missions used... y'know, the actual suits because they care more about training than PR.

Nope, they don't. It's a completely different series of suits.

[WillowLuman]

Training suits are for inexpense and training efficiency, not flashy PR. I doubt the press often get a chance to look at or even bother asking about training suits.

[10ebbor10]

Point is, this suit is not going into space. NASA has like 4 other series, and this is the second part of the Z series.

First one looked like buzz lightyear.

[Guardian G.I.]

A livestream from the ISS showing the Earth's surface.

[10ebbor10]

It's going through the shadow now, sadly enough.

Don't have time to wait for it to appear on the other side, so I'll look tomorrow.

[10ebbor10]

Spitzer space telescope facing budget troubles.

[alway]

Another SpaceX F9R 1km flight test video. It now has small deployable fins for increased control (looks like mostly for roll control).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgLBIdVg3EM