Elon Musk reveals first official photo of SpaceX space suit

The Verge ^ | August 23, 2017 | Thuy Ong

[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 suit’s look and its function.

[NorthMountain]

I'm just fine with the first example, the stripes are perpendicular to his upper arm. But, lest there be any confusion ...

[al baby]

I stand corrected

[TXnMA]

Thank you for showing unequivocal examples! ‘-)

[Dr. Ursus]

White is beautiful,I mean........!

[onedoug]

...or reflective rather than absorbent.

[60Gunner]

It’s very cute. I wonder how it’ll hold up in an explosive decompression.

[BwanaNdege]

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.

Sounds correct. Probably a 29.4 psi pressure differential, rather than normal sea level of 14.7 psi.

[elteemike]

Also has been referred to as a “charging flag”...

[Bob]

The stripes look cross-hatched to me — That’s probably a photo artifact. I’m quite sure that they’re actually horizontal.

[crabpott]

I had the same question, Is the flag backwards?

[crabpott]

Thank you. Just never noticed before.

[wardamneagle]

No astronaut in their right mind would put that suit on.

[wastedyears]

My inner nerd wants space suits like this.

[jmcenanly]

Probably twice standard atmospheric pressure or 29.7 psi inside against a vacuum outside, or three times standard atmospheric pressure or 44.1 psi inside to standard atmospheric pressure outside. Consider that the pressure in most automobile tires is about 32 psi.