What To Wear On Mars

Roland Piquepaille writes "If men ever land on Mars, what will they wear to protect them from radiation, micrometeors and the very cold climate? Several students from the University of Alberta tackled the problem and designed space suits for Mars. Their prototype suit is composed of twelve layers of materials, including one made from Demron, a new nanotechnology material developed by a Florida-based company, Radiation Shield Technologies. The students and their professor, Dr. Barry Patchett, think their suit will largely be ready before real missions to Mars start in about twenty years. They also hope that NASA will pick their design. More details and references are available in this overview, including some illustrations."

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Re:Jennifer Marcy

[operato]

hmmm... i think you should get out more often. :P

Ditto. Go outside! ;)

[antdude]

Agreed. She doesn't look like a hot geek according to her mug shot. [grin] :)

Re:Jennifer Marcy

[grepnyc]

No tits. OK, so she'd have an easy time getting into a spacesuit, other than that there's nothing interesting there.

You can tell, she has a couple of mosquito bites on her chest... look at the hole between her chest and her left arm. I'm telling you...no tits.

grep this