What Makes NASA's Artemis Space Suit The Best Space Suit Yet?

NASA showed off its new space suit prototypes aimed at supporting astronauts headed back to the Moon in the coming decade. There were lots of comments about the aesthetics, but the truth is, all the suit features make engineering sense and this is probably the best suit NASA has ever designed. After all they've had 50 years to improve on things.

[@gawayne1374]

"They chose the shortest engineer for this demonstration" - I disagree, it looks like they chose the happiest engineer for this demonstration. That smile is just precious!

[@maxnaz47]

Public Liaison Officer: Now remember lots of smiling... Engineer: I'd like to see you try and stop me! 😁😁😁

[@doofino]

She looked so excited. She got to wear the space suit that they're gonna send to the moon!

[@timothymclean]

Pretty sure whatever engineer they chose would be the happiest one.

[@asbestosfibers1325]

Creep

[@gawayne1374]

@@asbestosfibers1325 why?

[@YPOC]

I love how the woman wearing the suit is smiling all the time. A proper mechanical enginnering nerd having the day of her life!

[@Ralph2]

Her smile was so genuine you couldn't help but like her. She was super excited!

[@twistedyogert]

The smile says "Yeck yeah I helped invent this thing, and it will go to the Moon and Mars some day." I can't help but smile with her.

[@realdarthplagueis]

Agreed. Loved it.

[@i_shoot_stuff]

giant smiles should be mandatory for all personnel in spacesuits

[@llamallama1509]

She's so happy, it's contagious! :D

[@jovanj2717]

4:43 Gahh those arm circles makes it look like she’s repeatedly breaking her shoulders

[@lazygamertew5374]

i know right. i cringe every time she do that.. b

[@oneskydog4401]

The bearings are the breakthrough for the mobility, I was briefed on this suit at WPAFB the old suits made you work hard to move arms and legs because of internal pressure.

[@RetroPlus]

It's the suit making it look like that

[@DeltaInsanity]

@@RetroPlus you don't say?

[@RE4PER]

That's honestly really impressive. On most space suits it's actually really hard to do that from my understanding.

[@alexroselle]

"A lot of people are calling it Russian because of the colors" 5:02 *demonstrates squats*

[@thecoolguy7403]

Soviet intensities*

[@kirknay]

*Katyusha Intensifies*

[@John-X]

Red, White & Blue is *_AMERICAN._*

[@kirknay]

@@John-X When it isn't British, Russian, Aussie, North Korean, Cuban, Fiji, Liberian, Laos, or any of the 27 countries that bear those colors.

[@John-X]

@@kirknay yeah and America is not a country, it's is actually a pair of continents containing 35 sovereign states. BUT WE STILL CALL THE USA *_MURICA_* SO GIT USED TO IT SON.

[@TarsonTalon]

People now: "Pfft, that suit looks ridiculous!" People in the future: "Wow man, a classic! Those things looked so cool!"

[@gcxs]

Future boomers

[@nojatha4637]

@go je Won’t future boomers just be called zoomers?

[@thenodroid8955]

@@nojatha4637 my gen 1996 - 2005 I think are zoomers

[@nojatha4637]

@Thenodroid / I thought Generation Z was from 1997 to 2012 🤔

[@thenodroid8955]

@@nojatha4637 idk they're confusing. I read on an article that it was 1996 to 2005 but maybe yours is right

[@jeffvader811]

I swear to God if an Astronaut flosses on the moon we're cancelling Artemis.

[@ojsojs246]

11:40 ... ... ... sorry

[@Yuuni_Shiroza]

Houston we have a problem. "What is it?" "Karen floss in EVA" "Fire up the engines, we dont need her"

[@SimonClarkstone]

Took me a moment to realise you meant the dance move not the dental hygiene.

[@jeffvader811]

@@SimonClarkstone What? No I was talking about dental hygiene. Evil stuff.

[@DrTssha]

@@ojsojs246 omg how did I not notice this. I'm dying laughing. XD

[@__--__]

Finally a suit mobile enough for extreme beekeeping

[@wewd]

Just in time for the MURDER HORNETS.

[@Darek225Army]

I don't even wear a suit for mine since they are so docile

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

@@Darek225Army and i don't wear one because i don't have bees... now who is the gangster here?

[@clayz1]

wewd I wonder what a hornet looks without its EVA suit?

[@heh2393]

@@chrisakaschulbus4903 Clearly you are superior 😁

[@edthe2nd]

There was a final second hi-5 abort at 1:22 that was very well executed, minimal damage, barely noticeable and expert recovery. Well done by her

[@Somarye]

Indeed, as expected our top student. Though, the receivers form needs immediate modification as grabbing a "Hi-5" nullifies it's harmonic acoustic wave-resonance capacity. We have reprimanded him and will conduct repeated tests until subject is informed on proper meat slap etiquette

[@Abcwhatever]

@@Somarye weird way to describe a high five, but I like it

[@CharlieApples]

Her diplomacy skills are clearly just as sharp as her aeronautic engineering know-how; she’s proving to be a real contender for Most Likable Astronaut of the Year, Ed. It’s a 10/10 for me.

[@TTBOn00bKiLleR]

she is so thrilled, just like Jebediah

[@madscientistshusta]

Hah

[@Areanyusernamesleft]

Or Valentina

[@Oddi0]

Oh yeah she totally has Jeb energy in there.

[@eddietheeagle7376]

Yeah wow

[@eddietheeagle7376]

She also has some bill

[@MrKarriban]

What do you want to be when you grow up kids? "firefighter!" "doctor!" "space hunchback!"

[@stealthchopper54]

You made me choke on my food when I clicked the "read more" lol

[@thomasr1051]

My son is going to space hunchback camp next summer!

[@indeepjable]

Fascinating

[@metaouroboros690]

@Hudson Eisele John Madden.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

I'm 36 years old and I've wanted to be a space hunchback ever since I was a tyke.

[@simonpeter5032]

The guy in orange might be an actual alien looking at the way he high fives in 1:27

[@liambarden9984]

Honestly who grabs a hand when they high five, he must pour the milk first

[@tobymassoom]

@Obergruppenstuppentruppensturmfuhrer SuperStuka No.

[@davidkonevky7372]

@Obergruppenstuppentruppensturmfuhrer SuperStuka No you are going to make everything splash wtf

[@cosmicdraconian6712]

@Obergruppenstuppentruppensturmfuhrer SuperStuka *thicc cereals*

[@cosmicdraconian6712]

Or known as: oatmeal

[@SlimedogYT]

11:40 I'm sorry, did she just do the floss dance? That's it. No more space for you.

[@alexossipov3237]

Yeah I noticed that shit to...I mean c'mon u totally would do it as well. You re one of the few people that gets trusted with a multi million dollar space suit...it only makes sense...I mean how many people can say they have done that

[@hu1902]

Alex Ossipov yeah but I’d do something more acceptable like shit in the suit

[@Pvezin]

@@hu1902 The fact people get so trigered by it is exactly why i would do it.

[@xavierrodriguez2463]

Doing JoJo poses in the space suit

[@codrin8606]

@@xavierrodriguez2463 jojo is gay

[@nobodyeverinhistory]

But the real problem that they probably didn't think of is this: Can you fight aliens hand-to-hand efficiently while wearing the suit?

[@lollylemur5041]

KnightWalker49 No, that’s why we need to bring guns to mars

[@guardrailbiter]

Why you gonna assume aliens even have hands? Tentacles FTW.

[@oliverwalters9533]

@@lollylemur5041 that's why NASA bought some rifles

[@jimmywrangles]

Not a freaking laser to be seen and I don't see a chainsaw attachment anywhere. Useless.

[@hrproductions796]

Oliver Walters wait they did?!?

[@hadzhere]

new space suit...better than dying - scott manley 2019

[@captainwafflez3630]

"Somebody will have to develop that at some point." What every NASA planner says on every project

[@carsonmccorvey9153]

-Programmers

[@milos-7712]

10:55 Watching the guy try and scoop up the rock is like watching a toddler learning to use a lil beach shovel. Brilliant!

[@rrafal]

He looks like taken from commercials starting with "does this ever happen to you?" :D

[@sloma111]

Heaviest thing he ever had to lift in his entire life...

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

having the shovel 10 cm longer would have solved that problem, and make it shaped like a pet pooper scooper ! :-)

[@Ormusn2o]

@@SeaJay_Oceans I think the point was to use improper tools and tools off the shelf. The whole philosophy of the moon/mars mission is to use as much off the shelf products as possible to reduce cost.

[@vcuheel1464]

I don’t like regolith. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

[@morganrobinson8042]

Props for a topical meme.

[@RetoskiCat]

Lmao

[@LyrikTech]

You are a bold one

[@Forest_Fifer]

A bit like flat earthers.

[@PalimpsestProd]

You're no Jedi.

[@UnscannableDrew]

I would love to see a side-by-side comparison of someone in this suit and someone in an Apollo-type suit moving around and performing various tasks.

[@megunded]

i am pretty sure , if the life support system here was complete assembled that the apollo suit would not stand a chance by weight alone , does anyone have some reliable numbers on the whole suits in comparison etc. and kneeling /bending down was a real task in apollo suits , and since then , the most EVA suits are not as capable , or need to be , because legs are mostly not used

[@RebSike]

They should have shown Charlie Duke trying to pick that rock up on the Moon for five minutes against her picking up that rock. Obviously it's not a 1:1 comparison because she's on Earth, but it would still illustrate mobility.

[@bkreativepainting7461]

Bro can instantly tell its more mobile than apollo, Apollo astronauts couldnt raise their arms above their heads these ones can And apollo suits couldnt squat at the hip only at the knees these ones can...

[@Lobos222]

Would the same person even be able to stand up in the Apollo suit? Lets not forget that this is Earth and the Moon barley has any gravity. Depending on where the weight is distributed. A 80Kg suit on a small average and untrained girl might be a challenge too much.

[@RebSike]

@@Lobos222 she could at least handle the suit without the EVA pack. Without the pack, the suit was only 22kg (48lbs)

[@titanium9494]

“Red and blue looks like Russian spacesuits" American flag in background:

[@henrywasden4838]

RED WHITE AND BLUE YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAW!! NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN BROTHER

[@MrPeterPan]

Yehawww let’s go russia

[@alexandrepv]

Murica!

[@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH]

Which other effect did you expect with all the Truman-ish era propaganda?

[@stashi0176]

Sorry. There is something slightly wrong with the color shades or the pattern that makes the suit look Russian. Or the Montreal alouettes CFL

[@MisterFixit69]

that smile on the engineers face in the suit just made my day , shes so proud of all the work and be able to show it.

[@DaVeganZombie]

She looked so genuinely psyched to show that off. Go her.

[@TrickOrRetreat]

😋

[@tentimesful]

With those suites they are probably going for a touchdown to moon and come back and no mars mission lol... Very clumsy and heavy to walk with, let alone they can't wear the suite without help from others...

[@DaVeganZombie]

Literally just went over the whole video explaining why that's factually incorrect . But you do you, my dude. I suggest hitting up NASA instead of the KZbin comment section though.

[@bustarogers9990]

@@DaVeganZombie you're such a hipster.

[@jfan4reva]

Especially the rotating upper arm segments! That's a hoot!

[@onclesamm]

Anybody remember "fith element" aliens? I guess we finally caught up

[@TheCocoDane]

OMG.. its all i could think of!! those goose walking gold robots/aliens

[@sjche]

Yes, the Mondoshawan aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Mondoshawan

[@Aristocrafied]

@@TheCocoDane Now all we need is to not crash into the moon as hard as they did hahaha

[@mgutkowski]

Yep, reminded me too

[@austin6174]

That was the very first thing I thought!

[@goliathprojects7354]

The first astronaut to floss on the mars will change the status from inhabited to conterminated

[@magicalmagicmagician5223]

Exterminatus the heretics!

[@MiyagiTheMiata]

11:36 Some unknown part of the space station flies into the abyss of space!

[@DragonsAndDragons777]

I saw it! XD

[@chris-hayes]

1:27 When you can't tell if someone is waving at you or wants a high five, and then it just turns into an awkward handshake. 😂

[@greenbanana311]

Hi Chris Hayes, I've already clicked over _"here"_ and now I'm staying up to date on all the biggest news from MSNBC, thanks to the talking, legless torso of your namesake telling me to do so, over and over again.

[@chris-hayes]

@@greenbanana311 lol, I don't think I've seen any MSNBC videos with Chris Hayes, so I've never had the pleasure of being brainwashed by my doppleganger. But, I do apologize on behalf all the annoying KZbinrs that think viewers need to be reminded after every single video what the 'Subscribe' button does.

[@probablynotabigtoe9407]

But can we talk about how creepy it is when somebody grabs your hand during a high five... Gross

[@Wemdiculous]

Its red white & blue in front of the American flag “looks Russian”

[@MrtinVarela]

Because the russian flag doesn't also have red white and blue.

[@Wemdiculous]

@@MrtinVarela fair enough... guess the white bits needed to be star shaped. She was just standing in front of a flag when he said it

[@jb76489]

Wemdiculous once it’s on the moon it won’t look Russian

[@lukericker8325]

Wemdiculous It uses blockier large colour patterns. Which makes people think of the blockier larger colour sections of the Russian flag. As opposed to the stars and stripes.

[@timothymclean]

@@MrtinVarela Half of the flags in the world are plagiarizing the same palette. Heck, the USA is one of the more innovative flags by virtue of not just being stripes.

[@icrashedyourcar328]

Astronaut: *does a floss on the moon* Spaceship pilot: *guys get on, but leave karen. She just did the floss*

[@maxnaz47]

I'll admit, i'm only back here because of how contagious her smile is.

[@Yada_690]

I wasn't smiling because i was angry at how hideous it looks

[@observeoutofthebox7806]

@@Yada_690 bruh

[@ADAMSMASHRR]

@@Yada_690 i dont agree but this comment made me laugh

[@RedSiegfried]

It has the opposite effect on me. It looks forced and creepy like she's a POW and she has "torture" written on her eyelids.

[@weebgrinder]

@@RedSiegfried blink twice if you're being held against your will...

[@stephennelson4954]

I can't wait for people to realize big, bulky, and utilitarian is *_A E S T H E T I C_*

[@griffinh.966]

B r u h . . .

[@coal_powered]

dude in like 50 years theres gonna be a vaporwave-style aesthetic for space suits like this

[@cjeam9199]

I am aesthetic? Aww shucks guyssss!! 🥰

[@terriblycharismaticduck2717]

I agree.

[@Axquirix]

The suit's thicc!

[@ChrisPage68]

The bearing joints remind me of the old deep sea diving suits that resemble Robbie the Robot.

[@OscarSommerbo]

Indeed they look remarkably similar to JIM suits used for deep sea diving. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JIM_suit for more info on JIM suits.

[@sac3528]

Well they should, it's exactly the same problem needing solved.

[@lillyanneserrelio2187]

Danger wil Robinson Danger! Modern spacesuit starting to resemble my old 1960s body.

[@extradimension7356]

Those low profile large diameter slim bearings are really fragile, not sure how they will keep them safe from ultra sharp regolith etc. and be sealed and still be low friction. I would predict that some sort of helical-origami'd flex joint will replace the ring bearings. I was thinking the same thing "Danger Will Robinson !!!" arms flapping too. Wonder if that arm/ forward shoulder position causes one to hunch one's back ?

[@absalomdraconis]

@@extradimension7356 : I would expect any flex joints to go _over_ the bearing instead of replacing it. They already mentioned why they're going with bearings, and origami style honestly won't help with that. What origami _can_ do is protect the primary bearings, and it can do _that_ with little to no pressurization, and thus little to no forces for the astronauts to fight against. Edited in: Also, they probably prevent the Hunchback of Artemis by simply making the suits taller. You'd only hunch over if that helped you do something, so it'll go away with proper dimensioning.

[@ForgotowToUserName]

that engineer in the suit is just having the time of her life. i love it.

[@jonsnowver4183]

Just to really emphasize how heavy this thing is, a suit of armor weighed anywhere from 33-55 lbs. This is anywhere from 6 to 10 times heavier than that.

[@VoxelMusic]

Good thing its only for use in 0g

[@mrmaniac3]

@@VoxelMusic wingity wongity that is wrongity

[@VoxelMusic]

@@mrmaniac3 ok. Lower g. It sounds heavy but she straight up benches it halfway through the video.

[@mrmaniac3]

@@VoxelMusic yeah she does. I remember it was mentioned it's planned to be used for Martian soils, so from that just take 40% of the mass of the suit or something and you'll have its weight on Mars

[@maxim6088]

Full plate armour can way up to like 40-50kg big man, that's like what? 100lbs? Not 55

[@extremistcontent1337]

now we are the aliens, bumbling about the universe in our bubble suits. Like cosmic tellytubbies.

[@neilbishop1686]

Sometimes it wise to put looks aside and go with how well the item functions...

[@gajbooks]

Eventually I'm sure there will be metallized powered exoskeletons with generic heating and cooling, but there's enough trouble with power sources for those here on Earth, let alone the weight of transportation, potential for malfunction, etc. By the time humans are trying to travel the stars, I'm sure there will be much better suits. Or really, given how much easier this would be even now, Boston Dynamics inspired telepresence robots for maintenance use. The best space suit is a comfortable seat in your command pod.

[@Zeithri]

Best. Comment. X3

[@neilbishop1686]

@Charles Yuditsky You're probably right..however if we don't destroy the Eath and until the year 2219 on a planet far far away . we'll just have to make due ...

[@philiproe1661]

@@gajbooks Space Marine power armor is my dream.

[@BenisBoy14]

11:36 "oh, was that screw important?"

[@DimoB8]

"Don't worry, we're still flying half an ISS!"

[@firecat2465]

Yeah one screw and the iss would have a hole torn through it

[@Journey_Awaits]

In a billion years that will make a hole in a ufos windshield. "Fuck I just had that fixed"

[@mrmaniac3]

Looks like a wing nut 😂

[@anarchyantz1564]

Astronaut 1: "Hey we dropped a screw!" Astronaut 2: "Meh, don't worry, it's this thing is like an IKEA flat pack, you ALWAYS get an extra screw" Astronaut 3 watching as a module detaches behind the other two Kerbal style : "Errrr.......guys?!"

[@dylandreisbach1986]

11:40 Umm, have we just witnessed the first person to Floss in a real space suit?

[@breather8758]

This is cursed.

[@andnor]

I did not notice this until i read your comment... THX for cursing a Scott Manley vid...

[@Aerospace_Gaming]

Tim dodd (everyday astronaut) did it in the Boeing suit a few years ago

[@Blunderful19]

@4:09 Literal hand socks. I'm imagining a phone conversation between NASA and Fruit of the Loom being all "Yeah, the usual... But this time with fingers."

[@Theironminer-ky2pg]

"hand socks" Have you ever heard of gloves?

[@morskojvolk]

The engineer in the suit with the infectious smile is Amy Ross, who is the daughter of astronaut Jerry Ross. She designed the Mark VI gloves currently used on EVA suits on the ISS.

[@seymoronion8371]

Are you sure?

[@morskojvolk]

Well, that's according to her bio on the NASA website. Check it out: nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/careercorner/amy-ross.html

[@forton615]

@@morskojvolk No, her name is Kristine Davis www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/science/nasa-spacesuits.html

[@doc7440]

i think Amy Ross is the woman with mic , the girl in the suit is too young to be Amy Ross EDIT : yes i confirm . "The engineer in the suit with the infectious smile" is Kristine Davis . www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-new-spacesuit-for-artemis-generation-astronauts.

[@SWalker71]

morskojvolk ummm. The woman in your link might be her mother.

[@HolbrookStark]

Her smile is so cute, she's like super excited to be modeling a space suit. I hope she's going to the moon

[@samuelwolfe7465]

Looking at these suits reminds me how far we have to go before we reach anything vaguely sci-fi-esque.

[@1337fraggzb00N]

04:46 Astronaut with OCD:"Have to wiggle the arms one more time to have toe blue fabric upside."

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

i know it's a joke, but behaving this way isn't necessarly OCD :D those things are a lot more common than actual mental problems... but yeah, i would probably do it too... just imagine turning one arm and it not being symmetrical anymore o.o

[@wilboersma9441]

@@chrisakaschulbus4903 EXACTLY i would be that one astronaut who gets left behind bc i took to long standing out side the lander waving my arms until they were symmetrical

[@sloma111]

So turning only one arm will make colors assymetrical? :D They have to make the element full white then. ;)

[@SM-cg2dc]

It would bug the hell out of me if one was white and one was blue! Lol.

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

10:45 - Imagine all the grunting and groaning involved in that scene. "Test two: pick up rock with kitty litter spatula.....here we go... HNGHHGRRRN!"

[@spicemint80]

I also imagine a fair bit of cursing.

[@bundagostosa22]

two words: bigger shovel

[@SumeragiChain]

😂😂😂😂 Hahaha.. That was funny. As for me, I had flashbacks of myself trying to pick up some change i dropped when drunk.

[@johnforrestboone1]

Hahaha exactly

[@thecoolguy7403]

I'm back from work OK can you make dinner for us sorry I had a really hard day at work today oh what happened I picked up a pebble with a spatula

[@UltimatePwnageNL]

"International orange"... shush, don't tell them the plans we discussed while you where in the Netherlands...

[@absalomdraconis]

It's International now? And here I thought it was Safety Orange.

[@Helyzz82]

@@absalomdraconis Yes yes! You thought right! >don't tell him our plans yet, it's too early

[@charleslambert3368]

And let's not even mention a certain island off the coast of Europe.

[@5Andysalive]

And if they murder someone, they're right equipped for jail as well.

[@jesusmora9379]

@@Helyzz82 we can read that

[@BLOrtega]

At 11:36 a screw drifts off "Not to worry, we are still flying HALF a ship

[@luthmhor]

AFAIK NASA has always had some of the best engineers in the country. As a fellow engineer I have so much respect for what they do.

[@OnboardG1]

OMG it makes the astronaut look like a Krogan, this is the best suit ever.

[@biddodiggo2176]

KROOOOGAAAAANS

[@WacKEDmaN]

buzz lightyear!

[@_tyrannus]

"Shepard."

[@TheCocoDane]

No. Mondoshawan, thats what they look like when they walk! :)

[@SamBellows]

"Wrex."

[@mariodidier001]

I think the colors are there to tell the part's position easier. The parts covering the arms are doing full 360s...

[@cynthiaklenk6313]

No doubt actual practical suits will be white - possibly with a commanders stripe. Colors become heat sinks - not a good idea when its +220 degrees F.

[@wyvernboi2142]

And also because America.

[@ShadowHunter120]

My first thought upon seeing the suit: HIP MOVEMENT NOW AVAILABLE!

[@thetoad8253]

For those complaining about how she barely could walk and walk up the stairs, the Apollo astronauts had to skip and bounce on the moon.

[@jamesharding3459]

I'd be complaining if I had to walk up stairs with 150lbs on me too.

[@aristedes9449]

The Artemis suit smells a lot like a predecessor to EVA power armor.

[@ryanhopf8324]

It looks like the XO-1

[@kelnhide]

Astartes Powah Armour. FOR THE EMPRAH!

[@lukasvermeulen1133]

@@kelnhide was looking for this one 😂

[@zelda_smile]

Starcraft 1 Medic

[@LoisoPondohva]

It was just announced, how did you manage to smell it?

[@Meph648]

So they want a suit called the "Z2" but there's a giant glowing "Y" on the suit getting some mixed signals here

[@hammer_ttk]

Now I can't unthink the possibility of this suit having a giant, bulky Z on it instead of the symmetrical Y

[@oldcet5277]

Z, Y and X hmmmm its taking us to some coordinates

[@5Andysalive]

They only had a german keyboard were Z and Y are swapped.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

That's not a "Y", it's a flux capacitor!

[@kenopsia9013]

Looks like a spaceplane to me

[@AlvinBalvin321]

“In the glorious heat of the freezing Martian day”

[@boxr_4214]

might look dorky to some but that rotating waist bearing looks awesome to me!

[@martythemartian99]

1:17 Some say his eyes reflect the infinite universe, and he feeds on solar radiation. All we know is, he's called Space Stig!

[@GeneralChangOfDanang]

The Stig's intergalactic cousin.

[@DR-mp4gv]

Much better than the Hollywood style suits with helmet lighting shining in the astronauts face. Lol

[@matheussanthiago9685]

the Martian one was pretty dope tho

[@kevintaunt4385]

Easily one of the most professional sites out there. Thank you Scott.

[@uguuuguunen9544]

My brain: alright you’re gonna meet new people tonight please don’t be awkward Me: 1:28

[@thecapacitor1395]

When they started to climb into that suit, it reminded me of the way your character in Fallout 4 climbs into their power armour.

[@rsrt6910]

Hmm. Wonder if the fusion core goes in the same spot and if you have to hammer it into place with your fist.

[@spetsnatzlegion3366]

My guess is that the power armour was slightly influenced by the suits.

[@Blue-Pheonix455]

Yes!

[@Orillion123456]

That's a really adorkable suit. And it has such a happy little engineer in it. D'aww. I do hope the colors become less stupid in the final versions, but that's just a minor detail I guess.

[@scythelord]

I'd say it's partly for demonstration. It makes the rotations more visible.

[@ringodooby]

Orillion123456 astronauts can unlock new skin sets through daily challenges

[@absalomdraconis]

I'd expect the colors to become more localized, but also more garish. They'll ultimately want them for "Safety Vest" purposes, so they'll dedicate less space to them, but they're probably going to go with a high-visibility color scheme, such as Orange-Blue-Yellow-RetroreflectorSilver or something. I'm certain that the "safety spots" will be intentionally garish.

[@collinbarker]

@@absalomdraconis Maybe for lunar use, they'll use the bright colours, but on Mars, which is already pretty bright, they may go for a hideous green, as nothing on Mars' surface (as far as I know) is green at all, while most of the rocks are in the orange to red zone, and yellow sometimes bleeds into it.

[@ShortArmOfGod]

Yeah the red white and blue is a bit too much.

[@matthewhall131]

thank you very much for taking the time to make this video truly enjoyed it and learned very much

[@ishashka]

I have to say I like the color scheme. What I don't like about the look is the way the "backpack" is so high up, but if it's more practical this way, that's okay.

[@David-bc4rh]

6:13 Of course they will be duel-wielding space power drills.

[@dwarvenmoray]

Deep Rock Galactic style

[@vijeshkumar692]

Wrong it's space Uzis

[@procrasti86]

She's like 20, already accomplished a lot in her career and looks flawless. Damn right she can't wipe the smile off of her face. Congrats

[@jaykrishnak3268]

@Ryan Scarborough lol you bastards are soo uneducated

[@jan_franzke]

I love how happy the woman looks in her spacesuit. You can tell that she is incredibly proud to be there. Rock on!

[@dannythomas4782]

Hi

[@anthonyhunt701]

The orange suit: went from ACES to MACES lol! Great wirk as always Scott! I’d love to see the “ Snoopy” caps retained, updated, but showing legacy of exploration. For me as a young American growing up through the Space program, when they kept it for STS and Station, made me feel good lol!

[@xwingx1gt]

"We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the Big Daddies all the way from Rapture for providing us with their suit designs." - NASA

[@thetecno5800]

Ah Bioshock 😂

[@TheCrackedFirebird]

Would that make the smiling engineer a Big Sister then?

[@ZoniesCoasters]

the way the arm joints move just looks so weird and cool.

[@briankoski2532]

I wonder how they act if they have an itch. Especially on their face. Or even simply trying to scratch your ass... Or scratch your feet? Maybe there's a pill they take for anti-itch? IDK...

[@xXSgtJackXx]

@@briankoski2532 usually they have a velcro in their helmet in case of a nose itch

[@manuell3505]

Lego figures are jealous on that...

[@stealthchopper54]

By the time we make it to another planet our weird space suits are gonna freak any living creatures out

[@CrimsonEclipse5]

@Brian Koski Pretty sure they can pull their hands out of the arms and move them around inside the torso + head compartment.

[@carlatteniese2]

Scott, this video was excellent. I actually took the NASA Space Poop Challenge. My design was roundly denied of course, because it involved a deflated depository membrane. Any, I lost touch with current designs and hadn’t seen anything since the Z2, so this was tops. I also chatted with Zena Cardman about neck rings-so that was cool, but my data gap was huge until this vid. Thanks again.

[@MrEye4get]

Knowledge overload! I'll watch more videos later day!

[@kerbonaut2059]

That is an impressive suit! I was amazed by the sheer mobility of the arms, and the fact that it is able to be used effectively under earth gravity is also amazing in its own right!

[@juliusbols2437]

yeah so when they make the first jump on lunar surface they would be going into an low orbit

[@JinKee]

It reminds me of the circular bearings on deep sea hard diving suits.

[@floseatyard8063]

@@juliusbols2437 lunar gravity isn't that low. You could probably jump into orbit around a small asteroid though

[@thomasarthurmaj]

The first man on Mars is already alive and out there somewhere. I hope.

[@1995TheDude]

His name is Matt Damon

[@JinKee]

They just need a ride to the destination

[@nereo051184]

@@1995TheDude wrong it's Philip j. Fry.

[@1995TheDude]

@@nereo051184 True, but he's in a freezer, right now

[@nereo051184]

@@1995TheDude his nephew.

[@dwarvenmoray]

I actually really like the design of the Artemis suits. I think the red, white, & blue look really good on that EVA suit.

[@audigit]

Thanks rod your professionalism.

[@andrewlee-do3rf]

3:17 The rotating bearings for the joints are really neat. At first I didn't know how they work (it had me confused for quite a while), I thought they were some really fancy form of concertina joints (basically works by using segmented plates that goes inside of the other plates. But, because of that they are pretty heavy) used in some of the older deep diving suits. It turns out that it just rotated like "turrets" in whatever direction to allow the operator to flex. This allows for a very surprising amount of flexibility (go see the AX-5 suit, pretty magical stuff there), and reduction in weight (compared to concertina joints.....since rotational joints don't need segmented plates). Another neat thing about rotating bearing joints in space suits (or deep diving suits) is that they don't need ball bearings at all. Which I thought is cool. Also, I love the fact, how the engine nozzle of the F-35 uses the same type of rotating joints to achieve VTOL :D

[@StoneCoolds]

She is so happy she literally is trying not to smile but failing badly! Lol happiness is literally pressuring her suit haha

[@justafellowbrother7263]

@Ryan Scarborough you've clearly got nothing better to do but watch KZbin vids and pretend space is fake

[@thefinder8087]

Either that or grimace of pain as the suit crushes her back

[@PhileasLiebmann]

I don't know what everybody is on about. I think the Artemis suit looks kinda cool, it's got a bit of a mecha vibe.

[@edwardschoenman2139]

I love the way he says “mune”. He’s also the most knowledgeable and insightful aerospace commentator.

[@hemipemi]

"The same international orange colour" Dutch astronauts: "Hey guys how about a new 'international' colour for the space suits?'

[@TheSaintArmando]

ORANJE BOVEN

[@Oldschool_Gamer_]

@@TheSaintArmandothere is no up in space ^^

[@Reddsoldier]

Extraterrestrials will be super confused when they discover the one known as William of Orange wasn't an astronaut.

[@Smileyreal]

@@Oldschool_Gamer_ as long as you're in orbit of something in space, then there is an up, you'd probably need to leave the galaxy to have nothing pulling on you

[@Oldschool_Gamer_]

Close, gravity is everywhere, so in that sense you could always consider the direction of that force to be down. However, the one part where you are wrong is orbit. Whenever an object is in (a stable) orbit you will be in 0g, and therefor there is no gravitational force to consider down/up. (disclaimer, i know that i am factually wrong here, but for all intents and purposes the truth is so insignificantly small that in 99.99999etc% of cases it is negligible)

[@aoyon_p]

0:24 That is going to haunt me in my dreams now

[@user-qu6dj7jh4d]

Run space man run

[@thecoolguy7403]

15fps man killed on moon nasa says

[@mrmaniac3]

Ooga booga moone guy gonna get you

[@thecoolguy7403]

@@mrmaniac3 ooooga booga

[@mrmaniac3]

@@thecoolguy7403 grug nug cave safe from moon man ugg ggug

[@Afrocanuk]

It'll be interesting to know if the glove fingertips offers good insulation against freezing cold as compared with older spacesuits. And how does the weight of the backpack compare to the weight of the air conditioning/heater they will actually be wearing?

[@davecrupel2817]

Thats the biggest and best ear-to-ear grin ive ever seen?d 😂😍 A space nerd and engineer having the time of her life!

[@Walter-wo5sz]

That orange one looks like he's doing community service.

[@morganrobinson8042]

Well, I mean he kinda is. Just not with a court order.

[@dosmastrify]

Well if you think about it, he is.

[@Raph584]

I would be totally OK with that kind of community service

[@EricDec]

He's the teacher looking after the special kid during a school trip to the moon

[@cybersaiko451]

@@morganrobinson8042 i thought community service was unpaid, at least where i'm from.

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

_I_ think the suit looks, frankly, adorable; the colour scheme reminds me of a late-model Kerbal spacesuit.

[@robrocksea]

Yea I New Somebody had to say it. Use green face paint and she is Valentina

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

@@robrocksea Nah she's the new female Kerbal engineer.

[@andersonklein3587]

You know, if they used robotic limbs with an exo-skeleton and made it a bit bigger, they could have the astronaut at a more comfortable 1psi working and capable of precise movements and lifting heavy weights. It will be risky at first, and limit the operation time away from solar panels that can recharge it, but would mean you could probably do a 2 hour EVA mission in minutes by being very fast and capable of precise movements and generally unencumbered. In the Apollo Missions they had all the time in the world to do stuff, and gravity was really low, but in a Mars Colony, there might be a lot more work to be done outside.

[@bear499]

I really like the new suit. I guess the color choices aren't exactly my favorite, but the suit itself looks really cool.

[@gabfortin1976]

I think they chose her forthat friendly, positive and vibrant smile she has!

[@SkyStrider99]

@@skabbigkossa I mean why couldn't it be both?

[@bustarogers9990]

@@skabbigkossa it's a fake cynical world.

[@nathanbrown8680]

@@skabbigkossa Oh, I have no doubt they were telling the truth about her being on the engineering team, but why would they not pick the most photogenic person on the engineering team?

[@FlyLeah]

Joker marketing for what. Are you gonna buy a spacesuit like nobodys business? lol

[@InTimeTraveller]

Yeah no, I don't think that's how they chose who's gonna go on stage. Like, did you see the guy standing next to her in the other space suit? He looked grumpy as hell! Maybe he was grumpy he didn't get chosen for the big suit :P

[@icthulu]

So disappointed there wasn't a third suit on display, the Stig.

[@TheAziz]

he never takes it off so that would be hard ...some say that the suit is actually Stig's outer skin layer

[@indeepjable]

The Stig?

[@icthulu]

@@indeepjable He's the Top Gear character.

[@indeepjable]

Oh, I Dont Watch Top Gear

[@TornaitSuperBird]

The Stig could probably wear one of these in his race suit anyways. Man, NASA thought of everything!

[@paulfogarty7724]

The forward sloping shoulder joints remind me of those big old yellow deep - sea pressure suits.

[@kingmasterlord]

Well yeah you've got to get functionality maximized first before you start focusing on aesthetics, but you don't stop before you get there. Aesthetics present new design challenges beyond maximally efficient use of material properties. This is how you continue to progress.

[@ogrehaslayers605]

I adore that engineer smiling! She's loving life! 😍

[@JohnDoe-gg7mk]

Space Exploration: "It's better than dying."

[@keeganharris186]

Submarines: better than drowning

[@521cjb]

Stuck in there for a week ? Makes you wonder how to take a poop . . .

[@23Paddy32]

NASA: "We have the coolest Suits" SpaceX: "Hold my Elon"

[@blablubb12345]

SpaceX doesn't have a "real" spacesuit (a.k.a EVA suit) like the one the woman is wearing. They only have a so called "launch and entry suit" or "IVA suit", comparable to the orange one.

[@blablubb12345]

@@luznoceda5322 No, it's not that simple.

[@dwarvenmoray]

@@luznoceda5322 The SpaceX IVA suit is pressurised, but it's only designed to last for so long. In the event that a Dragon module were to depressurize while undocking from somewhere. Only an EVA suit will last you a good while in the vacuum of space.

[@rpuchulu]

¡Looks amazing! I would love to have the opportunity to ever try one of those out

[@murc111]

"Only had 50 years to make them better" Spacesuits are a perfect example of how thing don't just magically improve over time, now that we are finally pushing out into our solar system, we will see good improvements on suits.

[@bkreativepainting7461]

A suit tailored for places we have been and for places where we will go.. Im a bit peeved its not a slim form mechanical pressure suit but i was strongly expecting that wouldnt be the case for at least another 5-10 years as long as we maintain a human presence on mars for that long

[@my3dviews]

I wouldn't say that "we are finally pushing out into our solar system" since no one has been beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972 and it will be awhile before they even get back to the moon, much less beyond it. The idea that they will go to Mars in the next few years is ridiculous, as there has never been a spacecraft that has returned from Mars yet. They would need to first send an unmanned lander that could get back into Mars orbit and somehow return to Earth before sending a manned flight to land. At best they could send a manned Mars orbiting flight that could return. Just doing a test flight to Mars and back is a two year mission.

[@murc111]

@@my3dviews - I disagree, while I admit I'm a spaceX fanboy, I see the starship changing the game. I wouldn't be nearly as optimistic if it was just the SLS and Boeing's starliner. Musk breaks the status quo.

[@my3dviews]

@@murc111 SpaceX has yet to launch a manned flight even into low Earth orbit. Their capsule blew up during a launch escape test just a few months ago. How do you get starship to Mars, land it on the surface, get it back to Mars orbit, then get it back to Earth orbit, then get it to land on Earth? To get to Mars you need to be able to get back off the surface and still have fuel to get out of Mars' orbit for a return flight to Earth. Until they can demonstrate how that is possible it is just fantasy land. You would need a fully loaded with fuel rocket already in orbit around Mars to push Starship back to Earth.

[@myaccount__7269]

Pushing out in our solar system? What? Lol . We haven’t been back to the moon in 40+ years and have a duct taped space station _. Well having Obama the asshole prioritizing Muslims in space probably set nasa back. What a pos he was

[@cynthiaklenk6313]

I see certain similarities to, to the hard suits designed for deep sea exploration. Getting the internal suit pressure up to .5 atmosphere is a great idea now that they have solved the pressure issues. This seems like a very practical portable life environment. It will be interesting to see how they solve the issue of protecting the bearings from moon grit (sharp as carbide grit!).

[@SpudEater]

I’m sorry but seeing her in that suit smiling the entire time was just so damn adorable. Also, it reminds me of a big daddy from Bioshock. Excellent video though, thanks

[@MattLydon2010]

The boots for that survival suit look siccc 🤙🏻

[@EeyoreHeeHaw]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who caught the rejected high five transition to waving at 1:23.

[@pinkdaruma8942]

lol

[@myman8336]

😣

[@thecoolguy7403]

OMG I'm dieing

[@uy9572]

Then she went again for it and got it

[@plaguedoctor5097]

awkwardnessssssss..........................

[@danfg7215]

They should’ve hired an 80’s style breakdancer to show off some moves

[@chancebelcher7163]

"dance to the moon 2 - electric boogaloo"

[@ralanham76]

Yes

[@foximacentauri7891]

This is a (probably) multi million dollar prototype. You don't breakdance with it.

[@jj-pm7wm]

@@foximacentauri7891 Should i woosh you?

[@foximacentauri7891]

@@jj-pm7wm only if you prefer reddit over Instagram.

[@longshank007]

I love the way she smiling. So sweet

[@mobb_vrc]

Can we mention how happy that engineer in the space suit is, it must be incredible wearing that