NASA videos on the harshness of space and a cool new space suit for exploring the Moon

Good, but it needs a bit more work (hence, my “so much wrong”); the Survival System Suit is not worn to explore the Moon. The Crew Survival Suits are upgraded, improved versions of Space Shuttle suits worn during launch, mission (in cabin) safety, and Earth re-entry. This new suit should make it into any future US-launched (not Soviet, as current) low-Earth orbit missions and for the same reasons the older suits were worn.

NASA is developing its Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or xEMU, for moonwalks, and has reengineered elements of the crew survival suit worn on the space shuttle to enhance range of motion and improve safety for the astronauts who will wear it to get to the Moon and back to Earth.

Combining our fixes: The xEMU suit which will be worn by the first woman and next man to explore the Moon. :slightly_smiling_face:

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