aka, "hey this el wire stuff is pretty cool!"
Vote on NASA's Z-2 Suit Design
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#22I can already hear all the complaints about having the public weigh in on this, and even on the waste of organizing it, but I think this is a pretty brilliant move on the part of Nasa. There's far too little to 'inspire' kids anymore and I imagine far fewer kids saying they want to be astronauts. This does the double duty of involving the public even in a tiny way and of hopefully coming up with a design that moves p…
To inspire the kids all they need to do is give the suit the color scheme of buzz lightyear, a bit like the Z-1.
Re: Vote on NASA's Z-2 Suit Design
#23I can already hear all the complaints about having the public weigh in on this, and even on the waste of organizing it, but I think this is a pretty brilliant move on the part of Nasa. There's far too little to 'inspire' kids anymore and I imagine far fewer kids saying they want to be astronauts. This does the double duty of involving the public even in a tiny way and of hopefully coming up with a design that moves p…
As much as I like this as a way to get kids interested, and I know that NASA couldn't offer massive fundamental design differences to an uneducated public (just not knowing what is safe), I was hoping for a little more than what pattern the LED lights appear on the suit. Designs 1 and 3 look like glow bracelets stitched into the suit, and the [as of this post] current winner is just modeled after Tron.
That said, I'd donate a month's paycheck if they remodeled it to use Buzz Lightyear's color scheme and design.
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#24If we're gunning for aesthetics, with a little dye and some extra lighting, that first one might be a decent Garrus approximation.
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#25If we're gunning for aesthetics, with a little dye and some extra lighting, that first one might be a decent Garrus approximation. http://silentstephi.com/Misc/garrus14.png
I don't think they'll be doing that many calibrations in this suit.
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#26aka, "hey this el wire stuff is pretty cool!"
Though, I thought EL Wire (at least, the stuff consumers can get their hands on) is sensitive to UV light and leaving it in the sunlight (in the Earth's atmosphere!) reduces its lifespan. Space would be the wrong place for that stuff, assuming that they haven't taken this into account.
EDIT:
Looks like the suit is for ground testing only, though this would still apply if they're using it in the sunlight.
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#27Space has extremely high contrast light conditions due to the lack of reflective materials in a vacuum, shadows have zero visible detail. To counter act that effect you'd want an all white suit to help diffuse as much reflected light as possible.
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#28Why do we need manned missions, is there something a drone can't do?
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#29we're sending our best and brightest into space and making them wear shorts over their pants ?
They'll be prepared in case a hockey game breaks out.
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#30Is anyone else missing the text from the page? Chrome 33.0.1750.154 m, no extensions.
