EMUs - Space Suits

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Who would have thought we would still be using these old space suits decades latter?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extravehicular_Mobility_Unit

Many astronauts are urging NASA to replace the 40-year-old suits with a modern design: “The EMUs used for ISS are now about 40 years old and aging out”. Imagine if your car was 40 years old and was all the protected you when you went out in space. You probably want a new design also.

It is in the bottom part of the article: https://spacenews.com/nasa-urged-to-retain-key-sls-test/

 

[ouisconsin rocket]

What's the problem? Most of my suits are forty years old.

 

[Zeus-cat]

And I thought this was going to be about space suits for emus. Why would we need to send large, flightless birds into space anyway?

 

[Jim Hinton]

And I thought this was going to be about space suits for emus. Why would we need to send large, flightless birds into space anyway?

I'd kind of like to send that LiMu Emu on an exploratory mission.

Jim

 

[Zeus-cat]

Emus can be nasty, untrustworthy creatures.