It's not everyday that we hear a "new"
spacesuit has been designed and created, but that's just what we're hearing now. Two inventors, Nikolay Moiseev from Moscow and Ted Southern of Brooklyn are about to unveil a new spacesuit design they've come up with in their venture, Final Frontier Design. The pair outed their new design in New York City on Friday at the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center. They'd previously won a $100,000
NASA challenge to design a spacesuit glove -- one which boasts unprecedented dexterity and flexibility at the knuckles, and they've taken that design and spun it into an entire suit. The pressurized suit was shown off with the wearer able to play with a Rubik's cube, and the suit has been designed to withstand extremely high levels of pressure, as well. While the designers don't yet have an investor, they're hoping to attract them -- such as private companies such as
Virgin Galactic, who are launching space tourism ventures as we speak.
posted July 18th 2010 11:05PM
It wouldn't look out of place at a Parisian fashion show.
@Pryomancer Haaaa That looks like Olimar from Pikman
@Pryomancer
Yea.. I always tell my mom not to let my brother out of the basement, and she never does.
Dam thing always find a way out some how -.-
This is definitely needed. I think a just pair of gloves currently cost's over $500,000, or something ridiculous like that if what I heard on the Mythbusters Moon landing episode was correct. Just imagine what the rest of it would cost. I sub-$100,000 suit would be nice, though I don't see why it's not possible to create a sub $5,000 suit as well.
@engadgetcomexcludeengadget
One word: redundancy
Or, in two words: backup systems
Or, in six words: Oh, shit! phew...that was close.
The article doesn't say anything about the cost of the suit - the reference to 100,000 is the prize money the designers one for their previous design of the glove
@engadgetcomexcludeengadget : Volume. How many uses are there for a space suit that require someone to buy one? Companies have to recoup the cost somehow.
@CRA1G - If this thing doesn't pop in a vacuum I'd be surprised...
...and this will be used by whom now that we've pretty much brought the US Space program to a screeching halt?
@DaHarder We? I wasn't aware that I had anything to do with the collapse of manned space missions. As far as I know, there's only one person to be held responsible.
@DaHarder
its all about the private sector now! what nasa won't (or can't) do, private companies are starting to take over for. This suit might allow us to take a stroll around the space hotel
This would make more sense if he was ON the moon.
"such as private companies such as" Is this ms. New Jersey giving a speech?
@scots79
correction, miss teen USA 2007, from South Carolina.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
Coming from a not-proud south Carolinian :(
Still looks like something Jules Verne would've imagined.
It looks like they sealed it off with electrical tape.
someone come up with a viable Stillsuit.
such as........such as.......just sayin
Is it just me or all i'm seeing is a midget in a space suit????????
WTF??????
@Samunosuke Yeah, he's a wee little man! I guess that means less payload! :D
Something doesn't look quite right in that picture. It looks to me like the face in the suit is just being projected, like a tv screen or something. I think it's because the helmet comes lower down than most suits; there's no neck in that suit.
Obviously surviving a vacuum and such deep cold is important. But explain to me why a SPACEsuit has to withstand high pressure? There's no atmosphere in space. A spacesuit only has to withstand an Atmosphere of anywhere between 1 and 0.
@Prevacator : Volume, if it can withstand high pressures you can sell it for more purposes and thus cheaper. Deep sea diving? Check. Space exploration? Check. Whereas, one of two would be substantially more expensive.
@Prevacator First thing I thought of when reading this. Reminds me of the Futurama episode where their spaceship goes deep under the sea and visits the lost city of Atlanta:
Fry: How many atmospheres can the ship withstand?
Professor: Well, it's a spaceship, so anywhere between 0 and 1.
Space-Suit Up!
I'm a big supporter of competition in the aeronautics business. It'll only mean better and cheaper gear/parts/whatever.
However, there's something that caught my eye in the article. Why can the suit withstand high levels of pressure? Why is that needed if the only pressure it'll sustain is anything between 0 and 1 atmosphere (other than maybe underwater training, which shouldn't be more than 2 atmospheres since they normally train about 10m underwater).
If we show up on the alien's doorstep looking like that, it'll give them one more reason to euthanize us and consume our planet's resources
So the recession have reached space too huh
Looks like a mini onesy - boots are ridiculous...as such.
Where's the link to where I can buy stocks in this company ?
no use till you can type on a droid in it.