[Star Traveler]

Do you have to wear a heat-shield, just like those re-entry vehicles had when astronauts came back down?

[wally_bert]

Maybe the idea came from Destro?

http://gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/T.A.R.G.A.T.

[ClearCase_guy]

The write-up says "no parachute -- at all".

The video (animation) shows a fine landing with pretty good handling of the parachute.

[KoRn]

Just damn..... Why does the suit have to be YELLOW??

Geez....

[blueunicorn6]

“Will rival anything you’ve ever seen in a movie”

Oh yeah? How about Godzilla? Will it rival Godzilla? It would have to be like a giant aardvark parachuting in space and kicking over Tokyo to rival Godzilla. Will it make that noise like Godzilla? I suppose if you pulled the straps too tight in the crotch.

[Flick Lives]

In heinlein’s Starship Troopers, the Marines were dropped from low orbit in personal aeroshell pods to survive reentry.

[gaijin]

Total, utter VAPORWARE.

The whole point of the article was to show the photo, video, and emphasize that the companies were minority-owned.

[minnesota_bound]

I could not do this. The helmet info shows centigrade and also meters and meters per second. I’d hit the ground frozen stiff before doing the conversion.....