The most noticeable thing about the Moon suit shown yesterday was its dark gray color highlighted by streaks of orange and blue. The suit that astronauts will wear during space missions won’t have this fabric color and will instead be all white. “Since a spacesuit worn on the Moon must be white to reflect heat and protect astronauts from extreme high temperatures, a cover layer is currently being used for display purposes only to conceal the suit’s proprietary design,” according to Axiom Space.
As Mark Greeley, Axiom Space’s extravehicular activity program manager, told reporters yesterday, “We are in competition with Collins [Aersospace],” which is also under contract with NASA to develop space suits. I mean, I get it, but this was one of the crappier aspects of yesterday’s reveal—the fact that we didn’t get to see the cool stuff behind the hood.
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