Hey guys! Come vote on what NASA's astronauts are going to be wearing!

[Masark]

http://jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov/z2/

NASA is holding a public vote on what the exterior covering for the new Z-2 spacesuit prototype will look like.

It's not going to be a go-into-space version, but rather the earthbound testing, including the NBL, Martian surface analog, and such and will probably be seen in loads of promotional stuff.

Your options are :

Biomimicry



Technology



Trends in Society



Additional views of the suits are available on the site.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

All of that reminds me of scary dark invaders. No I didn't read the link, I'm lazy tonight. >.>

[obdigore]

Technology all the way. That looks hot.

[TheGravemind]

Technology

[Mormolyce]

I vote no 2, the TRON option.

No poll?

[Masark]

I vote no 2, the TRON option.

No poll?

Was just adding it.

[Spraxle]

Hey guys NASA trying to pretend like they matter... It's cool with the defunding of the US space program it's up to corporations to get 'er done. *grimace*

[Buu]

Technology looks the kind of suit that is easier to diagnose and fix. I would go straight to that apparently safer design.

[Crackleslap]

I liked the Trends in Society until I saw it un-highlighted.

[Gheld]

While I like the daylight view of biomimicry the best, the night time view of Technology is all futuristic and shit; and if we can't have hoverboards I'd at least like to have futuristic astronauts, so I went with "Technology".

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

What was wrong with white?

[Itisamuh]

How utterly meaningless. But if I must vote, technology looks the best by a mile.

[Sunseeker]

Loving the hotpants. lol.

[Korgoth]

Is it not hard to see black in space? Maybe pick a color that stands out a bit?

[Gheld]

Is it not hard to see black in space? Maybe pick a color that stands out a bit?

Try the link. Masark just posted the night time view of the suits, they aren't black.

[Masark]

What was wrong with white?

Too boring for publicity purposes.

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Is it not hard to see black in space? Maybe pick a color that stands out a bit?

Which part of "not a go-into-space version" did you miss? And as Gheld mentions, this is just the version of the image which shows off the glowy stuff best and I didn't want to stuff in too many largeish pictures. There's more views of the suits on the site.

[Avada Kedavra]

star trek is finally becoming a reality

[OneSent]

Gotta go with the Tron suit.

[NuLogic]

Does the tron one include a light cycle?

[Prokne]

The shorts over pants looks weird. And even though they have glowy stuff on them, black suits in space is a bad idea.