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Elon Musk reveals first official photo of SpaceX space suit
The Verge ^
| August 23, 2017
| Thuy Ong
Posted on 08/24/2017 10:20:44 AM PDT by EveningStar
Elon Musk has posted the official first photo of his SpaceX space suit on Instagram, teasing that more details will come in a few days. Musk says the suit actually works, and was tested to double vacuum pressure. The suit itself is very white and very spacey, and Musk acknowledges that it was incredibly hard to balance the suits look and its function.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aviation; elonmusk; spacesuit; spacex
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posted on
08/24/2017 10:21:14 AM PDT
by
EveningStar
(I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
To: EveningStar
Consider yourself pinged...
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posted on
08/24/2017 10:32:23 AM PDT
by
BushCountry
(thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
To: EveningStar
I want mine 3D printed for that custom “IronMan” look and feel.
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posted on
08/24/2017 10:34:34 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(AntiFa and BLM should be on the United States list of Terrorist Organizations)
To: EveningStar
I think I’d rather have a suit that was based on function, not style.
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posted on
08/24/2017 10:41:16 AM PDT
by
real saxophonist
( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
To: EveningStar
What is double vacuum? I thought a vacuum was the absence of any air.
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posted on
08/24/2017 10:41:40 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
To: real saxophonist
You kiddin’! I want one to wear when I am driving my ultra premium package Lexus 350 around town!
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posted on
08/24/2017 10:43:19 AM PDT
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: Blood of Tyrants
From what I can gather it’s a misleading term. What is being postulated online is that the standard internal pressure of the suit was doubled while in vacuum to test against bursting.
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posted on
08/24/2017 10:47:58 AM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
(Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
08/24/2017 10:51:38 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(There Are Three Great Ways To Perfect Landings - Unfortunately We Pilots Don't Know Them.)
To: EveningStar
"Musk says the suit actually works, and was tested to double vacuum pressure.""double vacuum pressure."?
Half of zero?
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posted on
08/24/2017 10:51:42 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Treat George P. Bush like Santa Ana at San Jacinto!!!)
To: Blood of Tyrants
What is double vacuum? I thought a vacuum was the absence of any air. It's like double-secret probation, without the guilt.
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posted on
08/24/2017 10:57:15 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: EveningStar
“The suit itself is very white”
RACIST!!!!
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posted on
08/24/2017 11:00:14 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: TXnMA
It’s like double secret probation.
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posted on
08/24/2017 11:04:16 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: real saxophonist
I think Id rather have a suit that was based on function, not style.
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It’s based on both.
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posted on
08/24/2017 11:05:01 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: EveningStar
At a cost of $3.3 million of taxpayer dollars per suit...
To: EveningStar
Seems to me the flag is backwards does Elon care or is it a dig or is it one of those silly ass selfie pics that turn everything backasswards?
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posted on
08/24/2017 11:12:12 AM PDT
by
al baby
(May the Forceps be with you Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
To: al baby
The Union (blue field) is always to the wearer’s front. The Army also says it depicts ‘moving forward’.
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posted on
08/24/2017 11:14:48 AM PDT
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real saxophonist
( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
To: al baby
None of those things. When a flag is placed on the side of a uniform or vehicle like that, the field is always forward. Esample:
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posted on
08/24/2017 11:15:40 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: NorthMountain
Are you sure that's the exampe you want to use? (Look closely: the stripes are vertical...)
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posted on
08/24/2017 11:25:53 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Treat George P. Bush like Santa Ana at San Jacinto!!!)
To: EveningStar
Why is the suit white? Ae they saying blacks don’t belong in space? /sarc
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