DISCLAIMER: These pictures/videos are not necessarily representative of the actual design of the suits. These pictures have been around for awhile, and while they do a good job of roughly showing the architecture, it is not accurate to say that these are pictures of the new suits. They are not.
This ain't no netbook. Sony has been making the TX / TZ series for awhile, and this is just a continuation. The price point is spot on. As for battery life, if my TX was any indication, and I hope that it is, I was able to get 11 hours, and 8+ hours under daily use with WiFi. The battery life is one of the main selling points of this series.
Some of you people need to get off your damn high horses with respect to your lack of sympathy for these people. Just because you like Monte Montgomery or Celine Dion doesn't make you any more special. Different strokes for different folks, and some people like electronic music (don't call it Techno - that makes yourself look even more stupid, since Techno is only a small subset of electronic music) just as you like your favorite genre of music.
These people were just going to enjoy their music in their environment and some asshat didn't realize he should not shoot the lasers at reflective objects 20 feet above their heads.
This easily could have happened at any other type of musical event, and I would bet the reaction from some of you people would be completely different. Grow up.
Based off my experience in Korea, this thing will be used by businessmen in suits who have been drinking since 2pm on a Tuesday, to see if they are drunk enough to go home to their wife, or if they should shack up in a love motel with one of the girls from the room clubs where he just paid $500 for a bottle of $60 jack daniels.
Anyone that knows any astronauts will tell you that there is a 0% chance the astronaut office will agree to wearing this on mission. Astronauts already hate doctors, psychologists, and any medical sensors that could in any way prevent them from flying or performing a scheduled task. Zero chance.
The picture is not indicative of ANY design elements of the future suit. NASA isn't even finished defining requirements yet. This is just a picture to give a rough idea of what it may look like.
ALSO - the suit pictured would replace the Orange ACES suit they use for launch, not the traditional suit you think of. That one is the lunar capability suit, which isn't shown in this article.
The article is very misleading from a contractual and financial perspective. 1) The $750M number is the initial contract + two option contracts. 2) To design, develop, manufacture, deliver, and fly the first suit (config 1) is $183M. 3) To design, develop, manufacture, delive, fly, and support the second suit (lunar suit) is $302M. 4) For continual support of the Orion (config 1 suit) is another $260M.
So, in reality, they are NOT designing a suit similar to the one pictured for $3/4B.
I've been working at JSC on these suits for a little while now. These pictures are not representative of any design. They are just a conceptual drawing meant to reflect the 2 different configurations. Any specific design elements in the drawings do not indicate any formal or final designs.
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