How NASA’s New Spacesuit Could Stall the 2024 Artemis Moon Landings.

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NASA is due to return to the moon in 2024 but before they can do that they will need the new spacesuits which they have been developing for 14 years, trouble is it looks like thats not going to happen.
In this video we look at the NASA's sapce suit from Apollo to the the ISS and why they need a new one and why that causing such a problem.
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Written, Researched and Presented by Paul Shillito
Images and Footage : NASA, ILC, Hamiltion Standard, Ivan Safyan Abrams
The NASA report in to the new spacesuits is here oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-21-025.pdf
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  • @CuriousDroid
    @CuriousDroid2 жыл бұрын

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  • @CyberSamurai4Life

    @CyberSamurai4Life

    2 жыл бұрын

    Would you consider adding more resolutions to your content quality? a 1440p60 and a 4K option would be great.

  • @runs_through_the_forest

    @runs_through_the_forest

    2 жыл бұрын

    at 2.56 please explain how that is possible? fake video? if anyone knows i would think it's you.. and no i'm not a space denier or anything like that, just curious..

  • @Eilaithen1

    @Eilaithen1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mit is developing a suit fyi ;) news.mit.edu/2014/second-skin-spacesuits-0918

  • @JohnSmith-eo5sp

    @JohnSmith-eo5sp

    2 жыл бұрын

    These 'spacesuits' should be called "EVA suits", right? Sometimes they are simply called "EV suits"

  • @thebarkingmouse

    @thebarkingmouse

    2 жыл бұрын

    The problem is the philosophy of design. They're acting like it has to be designed 100% perfect the first time. The problem with that is that no one is that smart, and there's going to be some flaw that you did not anticipate, and that's going to be the source the failure. So instead of spending billions trying to perfectly engineer at the first time spend tens of thousands of dollars to make one, tested, find out where it fails, then it'll rively repeat until you have a good design. Then you can spend a few million dollars on further refinements, and then continue testing. This is what NASA has been doing for decade, they instead of iterative Lee testing, they simply try to design everything perfect the first time in the problem is there will always be a flaw or mistake or misunderstood principal that somebody missed. And if you build your entire device on an assumption that incorrect then you just made a massive failure. Iterative Design & Testing prototyping is the way to go.

  • @RB-jv6un
    @RB-jv6un2 жыл бұрын

    NASA just needs to add another couple of dozen more contractors and I am sure it will be ready by 2050.

  • @alon4039

    @alon4039

    2 жыл бұрын

    *2100

  • @DLWELD

    @DLWELD

    2 жыл бұрын

    "A couple of dozen more" ? why stop there? Divide the task list by the number of contractors and project time can be shortened in a linear manner by simply increasing the contractor count. This is taken from NASA's "Guide to Project Management".

  • @kokomo9764

    @kokomo9764

    2 жыл бұрын

    As long as Boeing isn't one of the contractors.

  • @mickgibson370

    @mickgibson370

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kokomo9764 Yes they screwed 3 other projects and cost the LIVES other 400 people!!!!!!!!

  • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368

    @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but by doing so it is training up an industry of contractors and high-tech workers who can take their very unique skillset and use it to design future human-spaceflight-related equipment. One of NASA's main purposes is to try out different designs and integrate expensive technologies that private companies simply cannot afford to do. Constantly trying to compare NASA to a private company is apples and oranges. They both have completely different mandates. On one hand you have a government organization whose mission is to use taxpayer dollars help develop the space industry and develop the infrastructure and knowledge base that is too expensive and too risky for a private company to do by itself. A private company, on the other hand, is the end user of that taxpayer-funded research and development costs. NASA makes it possible for private companies to nucleate around the industry.

  • @bunnythekid
    @bunnythekid2 жыл бұрын

    NASA: what’s taking so long? 27 contractors: we can’t find the 10mm

  • @bennichols561

    @bennichols561

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nobody can. 13mm is also a runner

  • @guitarfreak521

    @guitarfreak521

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha 🤣!

  • @hamdoggius

    @hamdoggius

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Maryo_Nicle7 Space X's suit isn't resistant to micro space debris has no life support apparatus other than a pressurizer. The suits can't even handle radiation from the sun. The reason? The suits were never designed for such missions.

  • @silversurfer3202

    @silversurfer3202

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Maryo_Nicle7 I was thinking the very same thing!!!

  • @nickthompson9697

    @nickthompson9697

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bennichols561 yup.

  • @rjjone2
    @rjjone22 жыл бұрын

    I worked at ILC for 11 years designing gloves and now on the Artemis suit and found your video very accurate and am continually amazed at the footage you are able to mine for your vids.

  • @johnmarshall4442

    @johnmarshall4442

    2 жыл бұрын

    Close to the Johnson space center at NASA, Clear lake. Houston Texas ? If so you probably worked with my mother . She went to work at Rockwell International. Seamstress on space suites for the space shuttle.

  • @DiogenesOfDelaware

    @DiogenesOfDelaware

    2 жыл бұрын

    You might know the Loyds then, Hayden their son works there now too.

  • @jesus4400

    @jesus4400

    4 ай бұрын

    2:44 FAKE

  • @Lashb1ade
    @Lashb1ade2 жыл бұрын

    An interesting issue with the next gen suits I heard: Moondust is as sharp as glass. The Apollo suits were only used for a few hours, but were almost shredded by the end. The Artemis suits will be used for weeks; their durability needs to be upgraded massively.

  • @kentslocum

    @kentslocum

    Жыл бұрын

    That's why I'm surprised that they haven't ditched the idea of walking on the moon and gone with enclosed vehicles instead. I guess it's too early to build a tunnel from a lander to a rover.

  • @tilllukasvonlupke7800

    @tilllukasvonlupke7800

    Жыл бұрын

    ​​@@kentslocum there are various ways to avoid the lunar dust, for example by charging the suit electromagnetically so that it repells the dust. Even tho this exact concept might not be used, some other Form of protection is used and im sure NASA is well aware of the danger

  • @JM-yh4yf

    @JM-yh4yf

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@tilllukasvonlupke7800 they are aware of the danger. Dust is the #1 thing slowing down the suits.

  • @samsonsoturian6013
    @samsonsoturian60132 жыл бұрын

    27 contractors? That's one way to make the simplest things complicated.

  • @brokensoap1717

    @brokensoap1717

    2 жыл бұрын

    Almost all aerospace projects have tons of subcontractors The fact that space reporters on Twitter choose to focus on unimportant details as this to blame expected development delays is frankly frustrating

  • @ABQSentinel

    @ABQSentinel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Man, you're not kidding. Did they learn nothing from Apollo 13?!

  • @samsonsoturian6013

    @samsonsoturian6013

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brokensoap1717 Yes, and such arrangements is what caused Boeing's downturn. Ben Rich, head of Skunk Works put it this way: The contract to build a warship in 1800 was three pages long. The contract to turn that same ship into a museum was three hundred pages long, not including subcontractors. There was even a full chapter of legalese on how they would paint the ship.

  • @brokensoap1717

    @brokensoap1717

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@samsonsoturian6013 I'm not just talking about Boeing. Literally all aerospace projects work like this because they pretty much have to. Complex projects require thousands of components one company can't make by itself

  • @TheBooban

    @TheBooban

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brokensoap1717 yea, its kinda hard to imagine that any one company has the skill set for all the diverse technologies required in a space suit. If they were building a suit everyday for mass market, sure, then you’ll eventually get one space suit company. Or maybe several.

  • @TheDeJureTour
    @TheDeJureTour2 жыл бұрын

    1960's: "We've never done this before. Let's make it happen!" 2020's: "This is too hard... And we can't possibly meet that deadline."

  • @mison9519

    @mison9519

    2 жыл бұрын

    1960’s: “We have almost 50 billion dollars to work with. Let’s do it!” 2020’s: “We barely have 20 billion to land on the moon and do everything else. How are we going to do this”

  • @damientonkin

    @damientonkin

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was a close run thing in the 60s too. Part of the problem is that aside from advanced prototypes NASA hasn't ordered new suits for over a generation so there's not the same level of infrastructure and expertise. The Russian Orlan suits by comparison are replaced every few years.

  • @damientonkin

    @damientonkin

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think the Orion flight suit is pretty much ready to go, being a much less ambitious modification of existing designs and it is intended to function during EVA with an umbilical much like the Gemini suits or the modified Apollo suits used for Skylab. So if all else fails they've got that for emergency EVAs.

  • @timaz1066

    @timaz1066

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you look at what our universities are teaching, what do you expect...sad.

  • @rokasbarasa1

    @rokasbarasa1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@timaz1066 the universities are better than ever.

  • @brentboswell1294
    @brentboswell12942 жыл бұрын

    One problem that engineers are trying to tackle: lunar regolith ("dust") was found to be a much more serious environmental factor than expected during the Apollo missions. When it got into seals on airlocks and space suits, it created leaks. It is about as healthy when inhaled as asbestos...so the new ones are being designed with the philosophy that humans shall never come into direct contact with the regolith, and that of course complicates things. A lot.

  • @Cailus3542

    @Cailus3542

    Жыл бұрын

    If lunar regolith becomes a big enough problem during the Artemis missions, they might abandon the idea of a permanent lunar outpost entirely. Mars might be further away (MUCH further), but at least it's not quite as hostile. Well, except for the dust storms. And radiation hazard, since Mars has no appreciable magnetosphere. ...Exploring space is bloody difficult.

  • @brentboswell1294

    @brentboswell1294

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Cailus3542 Martian soil isn't much better. It contains copious amounts of perchlorates, which are used to make pesticides here on Earth. I don't know if it has been examined for abrasiveness, but if it's as abrasive as lunar regolith, it's likely to be just as problematic 🤔

  • @ThornsOfOurTime
    @ThornsOfOurTime2 жыл бұрын

    this just makes respect the old generation more, how they made and figured everything out long ago

  • @meljahic3624

    @meljahic3624

    2 жыл бұрын

    They didn't.. It's fake everything..

  • @ThornsOfOurTime

    @ThornsOfOurTime

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@meljahic3624 even space walks?

  • @doodleboi7034

    @doodleboi7034

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep, old stuff is fascinating

  • @abbofun9022

    @abbofun9022

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@meljahic3624 the only thing fake is you

  • @barryjenkins6137

    @barryjenkins6137

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@meljahic3624 feel free to provide your evidence for this or just shut up and stop embarrassing your parents

  • @m.zahidiftikhar6818
    @m.zahidiftikhar68182 жыл бұрын

    RIP Dr. Olson of Georgia Institute of Technology - one of the designers of shuttle space suit.

  • @xenophagia

    @xenophagia

    2 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @DarrenBates
    @DarrenBates2 жыл бұрын

    "If you've ever worn a stiff pair of gloves..." OJ Simpson: 👀👀👀

  • @DrogoBaggins987

    @DrogoBaggins987

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how the search for the real killer is going these days.

  • @alexroselle

    @alexroselle

    2 жыл бұрын

    if the gloves are too short, you must abort

  • @tauceti8341

    @tauceti8341

    2 жыл бұрын

    LOL this comment made my day

  • @tauceti8341

    @tauceti8341

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alexroselle If the gloves don't fit, you must aquit

  • @peter.g6

    @peter.g6

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tauceti8341 Come one man, really? :)

  • @d33pNacho
    @d33pNacho2 жыл бұрын

    Am I the only one that considers the "old" suit to look more modern and way more comfortable than the future suit?

  • @robertoferrari5397

    @robertoferrari5397

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree...body position in the new suit looked unnatural.

  • @finnvankoutrik7131

    @finnvankoutrik7131

    2 жыл бұрын

    The new suit provides more mobility with arms and legs. In the old suit that went to the moon the astronauts had to hop around. Now they are able to normally walk. And it is much safer and stable if you fall. But i agree, the old suit looks way more modern.

  • @motokid6008

    @motokid6008

    2 жыл бұрын

    Im sure the new suit will be more comfortable and capable, but damn if its not ugly as hell. Old suits looked way better. Im sure if SpaceX gets into the suit game they'll work on the looks.

  • @dnomyarnostaw

    @dnomyarnostaw

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah? A bit of a fashion over function type of guy, huh?

  • @LEO-xo9cz

    @LEO-xo9cz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dnomyarnostaw They seem to have encountered issues with both..

  • @painterken2542
    @painterken25422 жыл бұрын

    Everyone : let's go to the moon!! NASA: but I've got nothing to wear if we go there

  • @xiaoka
    @xiaoka2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe they can just borrow the old ones from the Smithsonian…

  • @bzpwhx

    @bzpwhx

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, the went on the moon and now cannot build a spacesuit. Yeah. Sure

  • @nguyendailam6703

    @nguyendailam6703

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bzpwhx Do one you muppet

  • @gcisbani

    @gcisbani

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bzpwhx who said they can't? New requirements demands new technology which must be proved

  • @bzpwhx

    @bzpwhx

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gcisbani I agree, still that's not the only issue they are facing from the lunar landing. Starting from radiations to cpu tech, but overall yeah we can safely assume that they are not hiding anything....

  • @bzpwhx

    @bzpwhx

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nguyendailam6703 I'm a space engineer dumbass continue to play with your PlayStation

  • @markmaz56
    @markmaz562 жыл бұрын

    I really fail to understand how the spacesuit development threatens to delay the project when the launch vehicle has yet to fly and an all-new lunar lander hasn't even been fully designed yet!

  • @TheBooban

    @TheBooban

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just that we know now that the suit is delayed. Likely the lunar lander will be delayed as well but we don’t know it yet. So maybe they will sync up anyways.

  • @markmaz56

    @markmaz56

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheBooban There is no way a brand new lunar landing spacecraft will be designed, built, tested and ready to fly by 2024. That deadline, changed for no reason other than a politician's ego, was never going to be met anyway!

  • @PHeMoX

    @PHeMoX

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@markmaz56 You say that, but Obama and even G.W Bush talked about space programs in the exact same way. Pretending it is somehow Trump's fault for wanting to kick the project back into proper development is just dumb. The last four presidents wanted the exact same.

  • @markmaz56

    @markmaz56

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PHeMoX Previous administrations and NASA set a 2028 target for a lunar landing. Consequently, all funding was based on this timeline. Trump changed it to 2024, for no other reason than his belief he would still be in office and take all the glory, but the funding didn't change to reflect this VASTLY accelerated deadline. There is NO ONE who knows anything about space who considered the 2024 deadline to be "proper development!"

  • @markmaz56

    @markmaz56

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Sig Bauer Corrected to 2024.

  • @sundhaug92
    @sundhaug922 жыл бұрын

    In addition to the two basic kinds of EVA spacesuit covered here, there are also IVA suits. IVA suits are only used for the riskier parts of the flight, and are only meant to keep the astronaut alive if the spacecraft has a leak

  • @Caseytify

    @Caseytify

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is that what Musk is using for his manned launches now?

  • @sundhaug92

    @sundhaug92

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Caseytify For the riskier parts yes, the rest of the time the DragonV2 is a shirt and sleeves environment like the ISS

  • @Bellissima2k

    @Bellissima2k

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Caseytify Musk space suit can pressurize, but it needs the Crew Dragon capsule to provide the life support system for the astronauts to survive. The space suits that go on the moon and do space walks need to carry their own life support system so the suits are like a mini space ship.

  • @LEO-xo9cz

    @LEO-xo9cz

    2 жыл бұрын

    So then what is the point if the EVA then?

  • @shadow-demon-dandy4303
    @shadow-demon-dandy43032 жыл бұрын

    If the suits were good enough for the Apollo program then why don't they just use the same designs but with 21st century materials?????.

  • @liammeech3702

    @liammeech3702

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not very durable on the moon, the first moon suit's layers hot rather worn-down

  • @CujoHyer
    @CujoHyer2 жыл бұрын

    Makes you wonder how anything ever gets done at all.

  • @samsonsoturian6013

    @samsonsoturian6013

    2 жыл бұрын

    Slowly it gets done as everyone still shows up to work and does their jobs. There's a similar story with the Pentagon where there are so many departments that no one can keep track of them all. A bunch of briefings that could just be an email since they don't allow questions, only these briefings are on the other side of a building the size of a small town. The unclassified parts of the building have neither cell service nor wifi in spite both being needed and allowed. An abundance of superfluous offices exist that must approve certain things and file reports but one wonders why the office was created in the first place. Like the Leathality Branch, or an Air Force liaison office to army R&D.

  • @beany1987

    @beany1987

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's clear with nasa the politics involved ends up costing 10 or 20 times more to solve a problem than private companies like space x.

  • @TheBooban

    @TheBooban

    2 жыл бұрын

    Recent history has proven nothing gets done without SpaceX

  • @samsonsoturian6013

    @samsonsoturian6013

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheBooban that shows the limits of your reading

  • @thebarkingmouse

    @thebarkingmouse

    2 жыл бұрын

    The problem is the philosophy of design. They're acting like it has to be designed 100% perfect the first time. The problem with that is that no one is that smart, and there's going to be some flaw that you did not anticipate, and that's going to be the source the failure. So instead of spending billions trying to perfectly engineer at the first time spend tens of thousands of dollars to make one, tested, find out where it fails, then it'll rively repeat until you have a good design. Then you can spend a few million dollars on further refinements, and then continue testing. This is what NASA has been doing for decade, they instead of iterative Lee testing, they simply try to design everything perfect the first time in the problem is there will always be a flaw or mistake or misunderstood principal that somebody missed. And if you build your entire device on an assumption that incorrect then you just made a massive failure. Iterative Design & Testing prototyping is the way to go.

  • @glasslinger
    @glasslinger2 жыл бұрын

    "OK guys, we will start with a refrigerator...."

  • @SnoopyDoofie

    @SnoopyDoofie

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just make sure you leave enough space for a few cans of beer.

  • @thestudentofficial5483

    @thestudentofficial5483

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SnoopyDoofie I'm curious what's it like to be tipsy in microgravity?

  • @scottread
    @scottread2 жыл бұрын

    Congrats on reaching 1M subscribers Paul! A very well-deserved milestone!

  • @randomdude8877
    @randomdude88772 жыл бұрын

    Super fascinating! After watching any video of yours Curious Droid, i feel a bit smarter. Thanks!

  • @enigmakashman3501
    @enigmakashman35012 жыл бұрын

    I wish the video actually explained WHY it's taking so long to replace the EMU. Some questions: 1. Why has NASA been using the same design for decades? Reliability? Priorities for other r&d? 2. Why is the xEMU taking so long to complete its development? Cost? Technical difficulties?

  • @lubricustheslippery5028

    @lubricustheslippery5028

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why not more incremental design updates?

  • @steveaustin2686

    @steveaustin2686

    2 жыл бұрын

    He did mention cost cutting. NASA gets its yearly budget from Congress and Congress changes every 2 years. It must be frustrating as heck for NASA.

  • @afoxwithahat7846

    @afoxwithahat7846

    2 жыл бұрын

    Basically, every government wants a different thing from Nasa, so they're always updating other things. Besides the Pandemic

  • @deanharrysmith718

    @deanharrysmith718

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's NASA, that the real reason for the delays. The last 10 years is been all about securing jobs by various state officals and not about getting on to do the jobs that are needed. Look how far SpaceX has come in the last 10 years then look at how long it's taking NASA for the SLS/Artemis programs. There is no drive in NASA to achieve anything in Manned Flight. I know the federal funding has been short but again look at SpaceX doing more for less dollars

  • @samsonsoturian6013

    @samsonsoturian6013

    2 жыл бұрын

    1. It works well enough for the ISS, and has been up there the whole time. 2. Mismanagement and politics. You see they refuse to copy old designs because they weren't specifically built for girl anatomy and don't have fancy computers hooked up. Also, you see they have 27 contractors, which I don't know why some governments and corporation keep doing that, because it makes the simplest things complicated. If one group changes something, then it must be approved by all the others. Which means if the change effects anyone else several departments will also submit their own changes. Repeat. Also since no one group is married to the project there's no incentive to finish on time or on budget.

  • @TheKeyote
    @TheKeyote2 жыл бұрын

    Can you do a video on the Orlan suit and maybe the differences with the US suit?

  • @HazelS71
    @HazelS712 жыл бұрын

    God bless you Pablo! much love and thank you for such amazing in depth content

  • @1hungrygrizzly
    @1hungrygrizzly2 жыл бұрын

    love ya Curious Droid, keep up the good work! That is all.

  • @AcidJiles
    @AcidJiles2 жыл бұрын

    Is it me or does there need to be a cleaning house at NASA who clearly isn't up to the next gen demands of a return to proper space travel. Both in terms of personnel and the governance structures which clearly need to be significantly improved.

  • @nspinicelli

    @nspinicelli

    2 жыл бұрын

    Seriously. They're just CRAAWWWLLINNNGG. NASA should stick to what they're good at: working with JPL and others to develop technologies and satellites.

  • @Dr.TJ_Eckleburg

    @Dr.TJ_Eckleburg

    2 жыл бұрын

    How to fix NASA in three easy steps. 1. Fire all diversity and affirmative action hires 2. Focus on the mission of space exploration, not 'climate change' or 'equity' 3. Cut the bureaucracy by 75% across the board, starting with 'diversity and inclusion' programs Once the rot has been cut out, NASA should be back on track. Although I'm not sure it matters at this point, as the country is more than likely to collapse in the next five years.

  • @Psychlist1972

    @Psychlist1972

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's often less about NASA, and more about the politics. Sometimes, they can't change contracts because some senator has promised XYZ to some contractor and won't fund changes, or else some other committee gets all fickle about what they think they should pay for vs what they won't. The whole space shuttle mess was almost 100% about politics, for example. And yes, add that to the typical government agency overhead and attitude, and you get a lot of things like this. It's easy to point to NASA, though, and say they need to be cleaned out, when in reality, the problems are largely external. I'd say to just go with companies then, but companies won't do research or work unless it leads to some sort of tangible short-term business. So things like moon/mars are a tough sell, as are telescopes, and support for the space station, exploration and colony setup, etc. Businesses and politicians both tend to think very short term instead of long term.

  • @ABQSentinel

    @ABQSentinel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh big time! NASA has become just another bloated, inefficient government bureaucracy. Gone are the days of innovation and daring which put us on the Moon in the first place. Now, companies like SpaceX are the ones doing big and bold thing while NASA sits around with them thumbs up their asses.

  • @jakejakeboom

    @jakejakeboom

    2 жыл бұрын

    As someone who worked as a NASA contractor, the issues are bureaucratic, and largely on the side of the contractors. Bad contracts with bad incentives (Lockheed and Boeing have contracts they can make more money from by causing delays). There's certainly internal management issues on the civil servant side as well. I wouldn't say that lack of talent is an issue, although it could be argued that there is some bloat in the form of unnecessary management structures that inevitably arise in a 60 year old organization.

  • @jonnyswalk4674
    @jonnyswalk46742 жыл бұрын

    Another interesting video Paul 👏 Loving the snazzy threads as usual fella 👍

  • @andrewsmactips
    @andrewsmactips2 жыл бұрын

    “Yes, you at the back.” “Thanks Bud. Now, call me old fashioned, but if we limit the crew to average height men, we’ll save a billion dollars right there.”

  • @CanyonF

    @CanyonF

    2 жыл бұрын

    yes but space is a multi-national effort, and average heights vary wildly from country to country. So that's not really an option. Not to mention women exist lol

  • @imarchello

    @imarchello

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CanyonF just use tall women, duh.

  • @Minecraftian2345432

    @Minecraftian2345432

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CanyonF Then use average height White people and slightly taller than average Asian people. It's not like their is a shortage of people wanting to be astronauts. Also, these are space suits for U.S. astronauts. Russian cosmonauts and Chinese astronauts can use their own space suits.

  • @CanyonF

    @CanyonF

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Minecraftian2345432 why would you use average white height? the US has more than just white people in it, and its been that way before it was even a country

  • @ianstobie

    @ianstobie

    2 жыл бұрын

    This was a problem during trench warfare in WW1. If trench dug by Guards regiment (tall guys) then Bantam regiments (recruited from short guys once cannon fodder beginning to run out) couldn't shoot out. If trenches dug by Bantams, then Guards heads would stick out. Solution? Either go for slower-to-build large regulation-size trenches with firing steps. Or accept your quick trenches won't be multifunctional and able to accommodate all types of soldier.

  • @aluminiumsloep
    @aluminiumsloep2 жыл бұрын

    Ductape is the solution, you can definately make spacesuits from that stuff

  • @MarkMcCluney

    @MarkMcCluney

    2 жыл бұрын

    Astronaut's secret weapon - duct tape.

  • @Surtwo

    @Surtwo

    2 жыл бұрын

    There was actually an interesting video, I think by Scott Manley, about the practicality of improvising a space suit out of duct tape.

  • @justcruisin81

    @justcruisin81

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have you seen the end of season 2 on 'For all Mankind' ?

  • @MrEazyE357

    @MrEazyE357

    2 жыл бұрын

    Especially the Gorilla kind. That shit's ridiculous!

  • @jonathanmatthews4774
    @jonathanmatthews47742 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating. Let's be honest though, these suits will be ready before SLS...

  • @brokensoap1717

    @brokensoap1717

    2 жыл бұрын

    SLS is fully stacked in the VAB, due to launch roughly 4 months from now Even the suit delays pale in comparison to the delays HLS has/will have

  • @thinkbank8709

    @thinkbank8709

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cause none of them would be ready by 2030. Starship will be ready before SLS.

  • @brokensoap1717

    @brokensoap1717

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thinkbank8709 debatable I'd be surprised if they get a functional cargo starship to orbit before 2023. Maybe SN20 could launch before Artemis 1, but even that sounds extremely iffy. And even if that works, and that's a very bif if, perfectly its far from a functional vehicle that can take payloads to orbit.

  • @grochomarx2002

    @grochomarx2002

    2 жыл бұрын

    SpaceX will build a hotel on the moon complete with a garage full of moon Teslas so that NASA will have it easy when they finally get to the moon.

  • @MacTac141

    @MacTac141

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brokensoap1717 It’s looking more and more like the case. SpaceX are planning on putting starship in orbit before the end of the year, and for the most part the starship program has stayed in schedule. SLS on the other hand was supposed to fly for the first time in 2016 and has been delayed 7 times since. It’s also being developed by Boeing who have proven with Starliner they absolutely cannot be trusted to deliver on time. SpaceX seem more energized and eager to get Starship operational as quickly and cheaply as possible. Boeing on the other hand have proven they can only be trust to milk as much money from the project as possible, which is why SLS has so far cost almost $20 billion for mostly repurposed tech from the shuttle era. I have my money on Starship and SpaceX

  • @jasongauthier8567
    @jasongauthier85672 жыл бұрын

    As always, very informative and well done!!

  • @TimberwolfCY
    @TimberwolfCY2 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating as always!

  • @drboze6781
    @drboze67812 жыл бұрын

    What do you call a horse designed by a committee? A camel.

  • @menuly
    @menuly2 жыл бұрын

    The new hard shell suit looks more awkward & bulky than the original one.

  • @stanrogers5613

    @stanrogers5613

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bulky, yes, but the Newtsuit-style articulation is leagues ahead when it comes to flexibility in a pressure differential environment. It's a little more difficult with the high pressure being on the "wrong" side of the suit (compared to deep-sea diving), but the constant volume means the user never has to waste energy compressing air just to walk or raise an arm.

  • @Garryck-1

    @Garryck-1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep.. and if Bozo - oops, Bezos - gets his way, they'll have to climb up and down a 30' ladder multiple times in those suits, sometimes carrying gear and/or samples, without falling and killing themselves. At least Starship, despite being taller, will have an elevator for them to use. MUCH safer!

  • @manstonhisk667

    @manstonhisk667

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Garryck-1 you Elon fan boys are a cult. Why are you taking sides in a dick measuring contest between billionaires?

  • @FarrelClement

    @FarrelClement

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@manstonhisk667 why aren't we allowed to have opinions on space hardware? Just because they're expensive?

  • @Garryck-1

    @Garryck-1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@manstonhisk667 - I'm not a fanboi. Some of Elon's ideas are laughable. Hypertube, for instance. But even I can spot the difference between someone driven by a vision of the future, and someone driven by devotion to the bottom line. Who doesn't give a damn if he holds progress up, so long as he gets more money out of it. And besides, as I pointed out, Starship's system is clearly a lot safer than struggling up and down a LONG ladder in a bulky EVA suit.

  • @jamesconkey1480
    @jamesconkey14802 жыл бұрын

    1968: No problem 2021: Somebody call someone from 1968!!

  • @eastmanwebb5477
    @eastmanwebb54772 жыл бұрын

    Interesting video. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @hadinossanosam4459
    @hadinossanosam44592 жыл бұрын

    9:02 The ASAP recommends to replace the suits ASAP, what a surprise ;)

  • @ObjectsInMotion

    @ObjectsInMotion

    2 жыл бұрын

    I chuckled

  • @AlanRPaine
    @AlanRPaine2 жыл бұрын

    This goes to show what a fabulous achievement it was in the 60s and 70s to put 12 people on the moon, bring them back, and to rescue the crew the one time it went wrong.

  • @silveriorebelo8045

    @silveriorebelo8045

    2 жыл бұрын

    the USA never send a human mission to the Moon... it's clear since many years ago despite the believers becoming ever more gullible...

  • @x-creator4460

    @x-creator4460

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, this time they are going back to rescue the cameraman.

  • @AlanRPaine

    @AlanRPaine

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@silveriorebelo8045 Really. I don't quite know why anyone believes it was fake. I think Moon landing deniers are just trying stir up a debate for fun. From 1968 to 1972 there were 9 trips to the Moon including 6 landings. 24 people went on those flights including 3 who went twice. I never heard of anyone trying to kill them to stop the truth coming out like in Capricorn 1.

  • @koolmckool7039

    @koolmckool7039

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@x-creator4460 They went to space good person.

  • @MrEazyE357
    @MrEazyE3572 жыл бұрын

    Great content as usual my man!

  • @keoniborge2498
    @keoniborge24982 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the new video, Professor Lord Varys!

  • @tullius43
    @tullius432 жыл бұрын

    in the public sector, why get something done on time when you can take four times longer and charge ten times more?

  • @TheGreg6466

    @TheGreg6466

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah that's sad but true especially when you look at nasa's past achievements, nasa are becoming a joke.

  • @alanargent5422

    @alanargent5422

    2 жыл бұрын

    Private contractors milking the cash cow.

  • @floydlooney6837

    @floydlooney6837

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alanargent5422 If government is the only customer, "private" is hardly the right word

  • @MozTS

    @MozTS

    2 жыл бұрын

    Strange china doesn’t have this problem. Maybe military contractors ripping off the public sector is the real problem

  • @tullius43

    @tullius43

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MozTS it's the same reason pot holes never get fixed in cities. Give Unions a blank check and no time line for a state funded job and they never finish it on time or on budget. As for China, nothing the CCP says holds water, especially financial reports.

  • @513895
    @5138952 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Paul I enjoyed this very much. You are producing high quality any time.

  • @maxtroy
    @maxtroy2 жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel. Amazing content. Love your style mate!!

  • @evrydayamerican
    @evrydayamerican2 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome we are getting a CD vid every week whoop whoop.

  • @MrEazyE357

    @MrEazyE357

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you a juggalo that enjoys science? That's a unique combo if so. Good for you!

  • @psygn0sis
    @psygn0sis2 жыл бұрын

    $150,000,000 per year to "service" the 11 PLSS's? When it comes to our tax money, people sure love to pad the bill a bit.

  • @stevenm.2380

    @stevenm.2380

    2 жыл бұрын

    Looks at it... Was it working last time we checked... Yep! Has anyone used it.... Nope! Alright, $150 million, please.

  • @Henchman1977

    @Henchman1977

    2 жыл бұрын

    Must include launch costs to get service parts to space...

  • @cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647

    @cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you.

  • @TonboIV

    @TonboIV

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure there's plenty of bloat and pork in there, but it's not like you can just go down to Walmart for spare parts. Each manufacturer needs to keep tooling and training and etc to make a handful of parts that no-one else uses made with decades old tech that doesn't exist anymore. Economies of scale also hits HARD here. Any remotely complex piece of equipment has a multimillion dollar maintainance program, but when there are millions of users, the cost can be spread around.

  • @ke6gwf

    @ke6gwf

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am sure the fact that most of the maintenance has to be done on the ISS, with parts and suits launched and returned, adds just a bit to that cost.

  • @-JonnyBoy-
    @-JonnyBoy-2 жыл бұрын

    They got the original EMU made for less than half the price they are currently at (when adjusted for inflation). It goes to show the cost of bureaucracy these days, I'm surprised anything gets done at all.

  • @TucsonDude

    @TucsonDude

    Жыл бұрын

    Bureaucracy or increased safety requirements? A 1970s car is much less safe than a modern one.

  • @SaturnCanuck
    @SaturnCanuck2 жыл бұрын

    Woe, I had no idea. Thanks Paul

  • @ionostro
    @ionostro2 жыл бұрын

    grat video again!, congratulations and thankz.

  • @Vector_Ze
    @Vector_Ze2 жыл бұрын

    I need liquid-cooled underwear for eight months per year where I live.

  • @scotth6814

    @scotth6814

    2 жыл бұрын

    In Canada you need liquid-cooled underwear for 6 months of the year and liquid-heated underwear for the other 6 months. If they ever get these suits working, maybe I'll mortgage the house and buy a suit.

  • @utubeape

    @utubeape

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Darenz-cg9zg I have heard about your problems, I bet you find it funny to hear of the Climate Alarmists panicking about a 2 degree warming by the end of the century!

  • @utubeape

    @utubeape

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Darenz-cg9zg even if its average its still nothing, for there to be very high heat in places it means no warming in others. the warmest it gets in antactica is -12 degrees, so it will still be below freezing. Nothing to fear. Also, it has been discovered that the scientists have not factored in the sun properly, so their models are wrong. If you look at recnet vids on Suspicious Observers chanel they mention it. Some other weather scientists are in the process of suing the IPCC right now

  • @THIS---GUY

    @THIS---GUY

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@utubeape oceans are warming up and tropical storms and hurricanes are getting stronger and more frequent.. Yep nothing to worry about lol climate change is real whether you deny it or not

  • @utubeape

    @utubeape

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@THIS---GUY the effects you mention are to do with the earths magnetic field weakening due to the sun, the jet streams are changing location, this is causing the storms to appear. the magnetic poles are moving too, the south pole is now in the sea around antarctica. This is similar to what happened about 400 years ago and is well recorded in history, we are entering a cooler period. Climate is changing, but it is the sun that is responsible not mankind

  • @KnowledgePerformance7
    @KnowledgePerformance72 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately with the commercial programs running so fast NASA looks pathetically slow.

  • @Predator42ID

    @Predator42ID

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's because the private sector doesn't have a frack load of red tape to go through. Politicians always complain about results not knowing that they are the ones responsible for the slow developments.

  • @gcm4312

    @gcm4312

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Predator42ID and because they are leveraging decades of government funded research... LEO isn't groundbreaking anymore... and I'm not seeing any private enterprises jumping at the opportunity to launch autonomous rovers to Mars, probes to Jupiter, robots to asteroids, etc... But they will once there is the economic incentive in place and all the hardest technology problems have been solved. NASA's purpose (as with any large government investment in science and technology) is to fund cutting edge research that does is not economically viable (right now), paving the way for private enterprise.

  • @KnowledgePerformance7

    @KnowledgePerformance7

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gcm4312 I feel that suits should no longer be cutting edge and should of been incrementally improved to an amazing level by now

  • @wholenutsanddonuts5741
    @wholenutsanddonuts57412 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video as always. Thank you!

  • @jaydeister9305
    @jaydeister93052 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Great report!

  • @mauriciochiessi7138
    @mauriciochiessi71382 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I have always been interested in those space suits. However, I did not know they were so critical for space missions.

  • @xenophagia

    @xenophagia

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rhetorical question here, and I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything like that. How could they not be anything but the most critical piece of equipment for space missions though? Particularly extra-vehicular activities (EVAs'), which include spacewalks. EMU's are basically the smallest human rated spacecraft. Can't survive in space, or on a planet/planetoid devoid of an earth-like atmosphere, magnetosphere, etc. without one. I totally understand your amazement though. I'm kind of a nerd about this stuff and the amount of engineering and problem solving that goes into something like an EMU never ceases to amaze me. Especially it being created during that time period. Just wow.

  • @mauriciochiessi7138

    @mauriciochiessi7138

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@xenophagia Because most space missions including MARS missions do not require a person.

  • @brettb.7425
    @brettb.74252 жыл бұрын

    Oh trust me I’ve been subscribed for a few years because of your amazing content. I gave you a thumbs up though.

  • @TonboIV

    @TonboIV

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@colinsouthern So you subscribed and unsubscribed? ;-p

  • @AkhilSharmaTech
    @AkhilSharmaTech2 жыл бұрын

    The reason they're unable to "replace" the old spacesuits is because they never went to moon so they haven't been used on moon, so basically they're developing a real one that works from scratch.

  • @BlueSky-ub4fx
    @BlueSky-ub4fx2 жыл бұрын

    @Curious Droid: 👍👍Thank you SO much, for not using the 4:3 blurry background effect! 👌👌

  • @skookapalooza2016
    @skookapalooza20162 жыл бұрын

    Great vid! I always thought the suits were almost as impressive as the spacecraft.

  • @hugoarcada
    @hugoarcada2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for your always interesting, carefully researched and didactically explained videos Mr Droid.

  • @kenhelmers2603
    @kenhelmers26032 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Paul!

  • @clinthowe7629
    @clinthowe76292 жыл бұрын

    thanks droid, really enjoy your videos and your shirts 😁

  • @jakubkrcma
    @jakubkrcma2 жыл бұрын

    The Apollo Program was THE single most advanced, thorough, and successful thing the mankind has ever done. ALL people who left low Earth orbit returned home alive and healthy! Totally awesome.

  • @Cailus3542

    @Cailus3542

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, but it was also a titanic gamble. The Apollo missions took insane risks and persevered through the exceptional hard work, rigorous professionalism and brilliance of the people involved. The Apollo ships themselves were as barebones as you can get. It wouldn't have taken much to lose an entire Apollo crew, and Apollo 13 nearly was lost.

  • @jakubkrcma

    @jakubkrcma

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Cailus3542 Yes. But the mere fact that nothing like the Apollo Program has ever been replicated shows how incredible those results were 50 years ago, in technological stone age. For example, I don't think the actual probability of a safe voyage to the Moon and back has increased dramatically, despite numerous improvements in all areas. The environment out there is still as deadly as it used to be.

  • @arkadious9320
    @arkadious93202 жыл бұрын

    With Nasa's constricted budget and the complexity of this issue it doesn't surprise me that they are running into issues. They are not trying to do a quick fix.. but something that will last for a few decades. Interestingly enough recently I remember hearing something about SpaceX talking about how they were going to coord with nasa/make their own space suits.

  • @Automobiliana
    @Automobiliana2 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating as always

  • @olegvelichko1659
    @olegvelichko16592 жыл бұрын

    Wait… was that a PLUG at the punchline to the advert?! Because if it was - that was BRILLIANT!

  • @bbb462cid
    @bbb462cid2 жыл бұрын

    When you consider that the space suit is actually a space _craft_ just...wow

  • @RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts

    @RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's a very temporary spacecraft that can't operate on its own, but I mean yeah, for a person to survive in space, their suit is going to pass all the tests that a spacecraft must pass.

  • @dehman8174

    @dehman8174

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts Aren't all spacecraft temporary. 🤔

  • @dalel3608

    @dalel3608

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dehman8174 To a degree, also depending on how long of a timescale you use.

  • @gavinstubbs3949
    @gavinstubbs39492 жыл бұрын

    Sounds madness pick two contractors and first one to bring me a fully working one in spec wins the $$$

  • @tonyb9735

    @tonyb9735

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or just ask SpaceX to sort it out. Who else can solve engineering problems so quickly?

  • @andrewbaker234
    @andrewbaker2342 жыл бұрын

    another informative video thanks

  • @amikosik
    @amikosik2 жыл бұрын

    Congrats on one million subscribers!

  • @Pigeon0fDoom
    @Pigeon0fDoom2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a lot of money, however, it's just enough to pay for the USA military for 13 hours.

  • @badcallsign4204
    @badcallsign42042 жыл бұрын

    There’s a reason why this design is so old. NASA has already been through all of this and the final brilliant design from Playtex has reached its conclusion. The basic function of a firearm hasn’t changed in 100 years. It reached its conclusion (brass, projectile, powder, cap, etc). New materials, new manufacturing techniques and small changes are fine for the suit, but the reasons for a complete replacement sound flimsy at best imo.

  • @Sturmovik1946

    @Sturmovik1946

    2 жыл бұрын

    >but the reasons for a complete replacement sound flimsy at best imo. Not really. Advancements in tech have made many old electronics and hardware components obsolete. The design is there but it requires parts so out of date nobody can make them. Thus it makes more sense to design a new suit that might not be much more advanced but can use all the modern components and include a bunch of incremental improvements and compatibilities. Imagine taking a car from 1970 and trying to make it meet modern safety standards. Yeah sure you could make modern components fit and with a lot of work meet the new standards, but it makes much more sense to just design a new car from the ground up that can accept new parts much better.

  • @nigel493
    @nigel4932 жыл бұрын

    Congrats on the 1 million subscribers

  • @robertpriest277
    @robertpriest2772 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very Interesting 🤔👍💯😁.

  • @josephpacchetti5997
    @josephpacchetti59972 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, I've always been curious about these Space Suits, I suppose a lot of young people won't care about them, however, on July-20-1969 my best friend and I watched the Moon landing on television, I was 11 years old and remember it vividly, hopefully I'll be around for the next one, Thanks for Sharing, Good Day.

  • @nochance3914

    @nochance3914

    2 жыл бұрын

    👌🏼👌🏼

  • @DakotaFord592

    @DakotaFord592

    2 жыл бұрын

    Damn. So sad.

  • @DB-ouyebut
    @DB-ouyebut2 жыл бұрын

    "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that challange is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too." JFK sums it up 👍

  • @almafuertegmailcom

    @almafuertegmailcom

    2 жыл бұрын

    Used to be that way. Now it's more like "We choose to go to the Moon eventually, at some point, maybe, and do some other things but not many, not because they are easy, but because they are profitable to old space contractors, because that pork is one that we are willing to trade for campaign contributions, one we are unwilling to give up, and one which we intend to give to boeing, and the others, too."

  • @QPRTokyo
    @QPRTokyo2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😀👍🏻

  • @ricardojdribeiro
    @ricardojdribeiro2 жыл бұрын

    Quality content, as usual.

  • @childishfiend5923
    @childishfiend59232 жыл бұрын

    SpaceX will most likely end up making their own in my opinion.

  • @imahol3

    @imahol3

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yea spacex is great check ot the common sense skeptic for spacex videos really like him

  • @chrisreaney1980

    @chrisreaney1980

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think you're right, and at this rate maybe doing their own moon mission in 2024!

  • @carholic-sz3qv

    @carholic-sz3qv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nope

  • @koolmckool7039

    @koolmckool7039

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chrisreaney1980 Elon will never be able to do it.

  • @chrisreaney1980

    @chrisreaney1980

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@koolmckool7039 They said he couldn't put a rocket in orbit. Then they said he wouldn't be able to land one. Then they said he wouldn't be able to land on on a ship... you notice a pattern?? I think the hard work is already done.

  • @777jones
    @777jones2 жыл бұрын

    We are confident the spacesuit program will be a success for lobbyists, no matter how many astronaut deaths may result from the design.

  • @sculptureshard377
    @sculptureshard3772 жыл бұрын

    Excellent report, really top knotch and the best this space suit nut has ever seen.

  • @0tto9
    @0tto92 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video.

  • @pierre-mariecaulliez6285
    @pierre-mariecaulliez62852 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact : in order to be able to move dextrously in a vacuum, EMUs have an atmosphere of 100% oxygen at 30% pressure. In order to not blow up internal organs at such pressures, astronauts MUST perform an hour of 100% oxygen breathing prior to putting the suit on... Every. Time. You see someone EVAing, they had to sit for one hour beforehand, bored out of their minds for a 1/2 hour of activity !

  • @MarkTheMorose

    @MarkTheMorose

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, they could have watched Curious Droid videos, surely? That would have passed the time. And maybe given the ISS crews some shirt ideas.

  • @davidanttila9305
    @davidanttila93052 жыл бұрын

    Those old Space suits are proof that sometimes and always the simple solution is the best solution!

  • @RCAvhstape

    @RCAvhstape

    2 жыл бұрын

    They are far from simple, though. That's always been one of the struggles. In sci fi people put space suits on and off like a set of coveralls, but in real life it takes forever and involves lots of moving parts, all very expensive and some of which are custom made for each user.

  • @davidanttila9305

    @davidanttila9305

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RCAvhstape I'm just saying in comparison to these other new made to look good first and not functional first and look good never!

  • @TonboIV

    @TonboIV

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@davidanttila9305 Those suits were made for short missions, they had poor flexibility, they were inconvenient to put on, etc etc. They worked for the Apollo missions, which were basically pathfinders, but they aren't out to just repeat what was done before.

  • @100acatfishandwillbreakyou2

    @100acatfishandwillbreakyou2

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're right, the simple solution is the best solution. Which is why we should stop using those old suits, and create new suits that are easier to make and operate.

  • @FritsvanDoorn
    @FritsvanDoorn2 жыл бұрын

    Quite interesting indeed!

  • @Greippi10
    @Greippi102 жыл бұрын

    What an excellent overview of the entire history of the suit and how they got to where they are! 11/10

  • @Twin_solo_az
    @Twin_solo_az2 жыл бұрын

    So we've walked on the moon already, several times, but now, with supposedly superior technology, we can't anymore. Got it.

  • @jacksons1010

    @jacksons1010

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s not that we can’t, it that’s the “superior technology” isn’t proven yet. Time and money, sir.

  • @koolmckool7039

    @koolmckool7039

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jacksons1010 We always have to prove we can walk before we can run.

  • @Napukin
    @Napukin2 жыл бұрын

    Hear me out, right? Remote-controlled humanoid drones. Think VR. They can stay inside their modules and do all of the work they need to with normal mobility.

  • @joldsaway3489

    @joldsaway3489

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’d hate for that to be their sole means of exploration, but it would be PHENOMENAL for exploring lunar lava tubes! They could probably get Boston Dynamics onboard

  • @charlesseymour1482
    @charlesseymour14822 жыл бұрын

    Nice video!

  • @Audion
    @Audion2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @Jonasastrophotos
    @Jonasastrophotos2 жыл бұрын

    Nasa: Ah i don´t think we will make the 2024 deadline on the suits. Bezos: No problem i got you *sues NASA to delay Artemis lunar lander*

  • @joshuaupham5993
    @joshuaupham59932 жыл бұрын

    Why does government agencies hire 100 different contractors for one project? What could go wrong? 💰 ⏲️

  • @MyMarsham

    @MyMarsham

    2 жыл бұрын

    The original idea was that every state in the Union could say they had contributed to the Space Program, lending a sense of pride and unity when the Apollo program was underway. As Mom’s Spaghetti just pointed out, though, it was more to do with pork-barrelling from members of Congress.

  • @DLWELD

    @DLWELD

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, you need several contractors to manage the other contractors and it sort of feeds on itself.

  • @brokensoap1717

    @brokensoap1717

    2 жыл бұрын

    Most aerospace companies don't make every single small component so they hire subcontractors that make these parts to provide them The fact that the suit requires parts from 27 subcontractors is anything but surprising, not sure why everyone is focusing on something so trivial

  • @scotth6814

    @scotth6814

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's political. In order to get enough congressmen and senators to approve NASA's budget, they have to get some of the manufacturing money going to their state.

  • @RCAvhstape

    @RCAvhstape

    2 жыл бұрын

    There are 50 states, and each state's congressmen want a piece of the pie. That's why NASA has centers in so many states instead of just putting it all at Cape Canaveral where it belongs.

  • @erfquake1
    @erfquake12 жыл бұрын

    At the KSC Museum there's an exhibit on spacesuit design evolution which is fascinating. I'd had no idea NASA had originally planned on using "hard" (armored) spacesuits instead of the "soft" designs ultimately used.

  • @tigertiger1699
    @tigertiger16992 жыл бұрын

    Great vid🙏… clever people 👍

  • @msromike123
    @msromike1232 жыл бұрын

    Ok, THIS is what is wrong with big government! Spending a billion dollars and still not having a suit.

  • @nemoskull2262

    @nemoskull2262

    2 жыл бұрын

    its the 27 contractors thats the problem...

  • @Ruby-xk8kn
    @Ruby-xk8kn2 жыл бұрын

    This was a really interesting video! Gosh I love learning so much.

  • @94nolo

    @94nolo

    2 жыл бұрын

    your tattoos look sick. I wish I could see them up closer

  • @Ruby-xk8kn

    @Ruby-xk8kn

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@94nolo they are mostly space themed hehe :P maybe I need an astronaut tattoo next

  • @ahnafkhan5861

    @ahnafkhan5861

    2 жыл бұрын

    I just love how this guy in the video Look "Brownish" throughout the video 😝 maybe some thing went wrong while editing or color grading the video lol

  • @94nolo

    @94nolo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ruby-xk8kn holy crap that would be awesome

  • @tonyb2271

    @tonyb2271

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@94nolo go get a drink of water

  • @deepdiversi5913
    @deepdiversi59132 жыл бұрын

    So how did they develop and then use operationally the Apollo spacesuits 52-53 years ago for use in 1969 for the first luna mission, but today we're struggling something fierce?

  • @edmccloskey9696
    @edmccloskey96962 жыл бұрын

    Such a brilliant channel.....

  • @raideurng2508
    @raideurng25082 жыл бұрын

    Sadly, despite the development, there are very few suit concepts that can handle the lunar dust, which, for long term habitation, are probably the largest threat. A quick google will tell you how dangerous the dust actually is.

  • @juliocamacho8354

    @juliocamacho8354

    2 жыл бұрын

    How did the lunar dust affect the Apollo moon crews?

  • @carcinogen60yearsago

    @carcinogen60yearsago

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@juliocamacho8354 The lunar dust was very abrasive and it stuck to everything so the astronauts boots and gloves were covered in it and it slowly ate away at the outer part of the suit which wasn't a big problem because they only stayed for about 3 days but if you were to stay longer with the same suit you would run into problems.

  • @whiterottenrabbit

    @whiterottenrabbit

    2 жыл бұрын

    How about giving a link to the exact source, instead having people find all sorts of crap?

  • @TheEvilmooseofdoom

    @TheEvilmooseofdoom

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@whiterottenrabbit Because people refusing to do things for themselves is not something that should be encouraged. The ones who require spoon feeding are the ones who do the least thinking. Do it yourself, be more than useless.

  • @DLWELD

    @DLWELD

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how what we see as the latest design - with a big sliding joint around the waist, and two similar joints at the top of each leg, will do with the lunar dust.

  • @whatthefrerejacques
    @whatthefrerejacques2 жыл бұрын

    NASA could learn from what Musk said: "Our engineers' first priority should be to eliminate the need for the component they're working on." The NASA approach often has this backward, with all due respect.

  • @chpsilva

    @chpsilva

    2 жыл бұрын

    Musk don't have congress men/women forcing him to hire contractors from their states.

  • @jeffalvich9434

    @jeffalvich9434

    2 жыл бұрын

    fyi...everything that Space-X is doing has been done successfully before...20+ years ago... well documented, vids starting to show up.... and in essence, Space-X is a multi-billion dollar taxpayer funded training program!

  • @jeffalvich9434

    @jeffalvich9434

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chpsilva don't bet on that!

  • @The.Lego.Man.
    @The.Lego.Man.2 жыл бұрын

    I think a neat topic to cover one day would be the Sofia flying telescope. A giant inferred telescope on the side of a 747. I appreciate the great content you produce. You've brought numerous topics to my attention that I've never heard of before. Always a great job, Paul.

  • @newtronix
    @newtronix2 жыл бұрын

    That's one of your best shirts yet!

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