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July 27, 2013 09:19 pm GMT

Take a Look at Space Suits of the Future

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Future astronauts should expect a lighter, more practical suit for suborbital and orbital commercial space travel.

As reported by PopSci, a new "3G" space suit was unveiled at Capitol Hill this week by Final Frontier, a Brooklyn-based space company

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This suit is the third iteration of the design, and took four years to research and develop. A previous version won the 2013 Popular Science Invention Award. The new version of the suit has 13 adjustable points for sizing and multiple cooling loops to keep it from overheating. The new suit is "comfortable, lightweight, and inexpensive," according to a Final Frontier press release Read more...

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