[yesthatjallen]

Dava Newman, an aerospace engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wants to change that. She is designing what she hopes will be the next generation of spacesuits — which will give the life-saving devices the bulk and style of something more like athletic or camping equipment.

A woman more concerned about fashion than functionality.

I once said to a woman at work women are more concerned about how a bathroom looks than how it functions.

She thought for a second and said, 'yeah'.

[a fool in paradise]

At work our labs are getting the same sort of makeover

[HonkyTonkMan]

Publicity stunt or stupidity. This is a limited market segment and will not generate volume to be profitable for decades. I bet there are under 5,000 people who have ever donned a spacesuit (including astronauts, designers, trainers) over 6 decades.