NASA contracts out for new spacesuits

[MillCreek]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/astronauts-will-wear-these-spacesuits-on-the-moon-mdash-and-maybe-mars-too/

Collins Aerospace makes the current suits used on the ISS.  It will be interesting to see the designs by the two companies.

[Perd Hapley]

Going to be expensive making suits for each of the googol genders.

[WLJ]

Going to be expensive making suits for each of the googol genders.

In fabulous colors

[HankB]

Going to be expensive making suits for each of the googol genders.

If the alphabet people are confused about which restroom to use here on earth . . . how are they going to deal with plumbing issues in spacesuits? Default to unisex diapers for everyone? 

[WLJ]

Male astronaut demanding a female suit because science!

[Perd Hapley]

Male astronaut demanding a female suit because science!

I guess you need to make sure the suit identifies as whatever gender you want it to be.

[Hawkmoon]

They just can't not bring in extraneous (but apparently obligatory) references:

Artemis astronauts will spend more time than their predecessors on the lunar surface and will explore more diverse locations, including the dark depths of craters that could contain water ice. Those aspirations demand more mobility than the awkward waddling and clambering provided by the Apollo program’s suits and more adaptability, too: instead of serving an all-male (and all-white) cadre of moonwalkers, the new suits must meet the needs of NASA’s far more diverse modern astronaut corps.

Have there been any EEOC complaints that someone was excluded from an Apollo mission because of their race/color? No? Then what difference does it make?

[Perd Hapley]

They just can't not bring in extraneous (but apparently obligatory) references:

Have there been any EEOC complaints that someone was excluded from an Apollo mission because of their race/color? No? Then what difference does it make?

Sorta like the Hidden Figures scenes with the computer running back and forth to the far-away colored restroom, and finally threw a fit to her boss about it. Apparently, in real life, she just used the white restroom, and no one cared.

[Bogie]

My uncle was at the Cape. He designed the cooling systems for the suits and the Eagle.

[Perd Hapley]

My uncle was at the Cape. He designed the cooling systems for the suits and the Eagle.

I could use a self-cooling suit right about now.