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Winner of NASA Glove Contest Named

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the fits-like-one dept.

eZtaR writes "The winner of NASA's $200k spacesuit glove contest has been found. He's an unemployed aerospace engineer, named Peter Homer, and claims to have bought most of the materials in local shops and on eBay."

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  1. Spacewalk is hard on the... hands? by sczimme · · Score: 5, Informative


    Spacewalks are hard on astronauts' hands

    I know there is more to the sentence, but this clause made me chuckle. "Heh - they're doing it wrong."

    I need more coffee...

    PS Here is the link to the printer-friendly version, i.e. the article on one page.

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    I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
  2. Link With Pictures by FreeRadicalX · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's another article about the glove that actually features pictures of the gloves and contestants.