Elon Musk unveils the SpaceX spacesuit
Suit features a unique helmet design and appears to be more of a flight suit than one designed for spacewalks
By Todd Haselton
Elon Musk unveiled the SpaceX space suit.
Musk posted a picture of the suit to Instagram, where he made sure to alert his followers that it “actually works.”
A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on Aug 23, 2017 at 12:59am PDT
“First picture of SpaceX spacesuit,” Musk said. “More in days to follow. Worth noting that this actually works (not a mockup). Already tested to double vacuum pressure. Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics [sic] and function. Easy to do either separately.”
The suit features a helmet and what appears to be a low-weight design. Given that it doesn’t look as bulky as NASA’s spacewalk suits, this is probably more of a flight suit meant to be worn by passengers traveling inside the ship rather than for spacewalks.
