NASA’s Next-Generation Spacesuits - A Behind-The-Scenes Look

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  • čas přidán 11. 05. 2024
  • NASA has been using the current spacesuits on the International Space Station for decades and they are showing their age. The agency has had issues not only with finding the proper sizes to fit its increasingly diverse astronaut corps, but also with degradation of some suit components. Now NASA is turning to two commercial companies: Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, to build and maintain its new generation of spacesuits. Under the Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services Contract, or xEVAS, NASA is providing Collins and Axiom, along with a number of their industry partners, with up to $3.5 billion through 2034. CNBC got a behind-the-scenes look at the new suit that Collins Aerospace is designing in collaboration with partners ILC Dover and Oceaneering. NASA hopes to use this new suit on the International Space Station by 2026.
    Chapters:
    00:00 - Intro
    02:39 - Dire need
    08:00 - The Collins suit
    12:48 - Future missions
    Produced by: Magdalena Petrova
    Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
    Graphics: Christina Locopo, Mallory Brangan
    Additional Camera: Andrew Evers
    Post-production Support: Katie Tarasov, Erin Black
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    NASA’s Next-Generation Spacesuits - A Behind-The-Scenes Look

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  • @calebmahoney5462
    @calebmahoney5462 Před rokem +1854

    I know it sounds silly, but I think it’s important for the space suits to look cool and inspiring. Those suits from the 70s are so iconic and have a real life super hero aesthetic. As a kid I remember seeing those suits and being blown away. I hope the new suits have that same effect on younger generations.

    • @matthewstanley8853
      @matthewstanley8853 Před rokem +47

      forealllllllll bro

    • @Rossett.S
      @Rossett.S Před rokem +94

      I totally agree with you. Its gotta look cool, most of people watching don't give a F if it has all the necessary stuff to help the astronaut and water cooling system and all the technicalities, most people don't understand it, and are just going to look at it from the tv. Not only that but is also important so that astronauts get more visibility.

    • @thetruejuanalto
      @thetruejuanalto Před rokem +1

      i agree they look old, and disagree on the effect. we need to get past this 1960's mental block people are stuck on...
      the rest of the world has and it's making us...the U.S. look obsolete..

    • @keps_ksk
      @keps_ksk Před rokem +61

      These spacesuits are most likely gonna be decorated with flags, emblems, names and so on once they're done with the functionalities, they'd also alter the suit later on to fit with the gear they'll use, thus giving it a complete look
      I'd say give it time

    • @NighteyesJP
      @NighteyesJP Před rokem +7

      The new ones look fine too.

  • @ipkulkarni
    @ipkulkarni Před rokem +323

    Worked for Collins Aerospace for 14 years… feeling proud to see the name on the suit

    • @ipkulkarni
      @ipkulkarni Před rokem

      @Shadow Filip The company was called Rockwell Collins which was bought over by Raytheon and renamed to Collins Aerospace…..Do some research!

    • @NEBIDIMKA
      @NEBIDIMKA Před rokem +21

      @Shadow Filip Rockwell Collins was founded in 2001 as a result of another acquisition

    • @Daniel-qy9mb
      @Daniel-qy9mb Před rokem +3

      I’m guessing you didn’t see any of that 3 billion dollars. Am I right?

    • @frustratedpanda212
      @frustratedpanda212 Před rokem +4

      Are you from Maharashtra?

    • @manz007
      @manz007 Před rokem +1

      Isha G good work. Aap ab kaha kam karte ho?

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 Před 6 měsíci +16

    I really like the Collins design the most by far. This stuff is facinating. I wish we had more things that would focus on the amazing aspects of these space suits. Material science & engineering advancements alongside technology is probably helping improve this field of research and design so much

  • @wirelesmike73
    @wirelesmike73 Před rokem +2169

    As impressive as the space vehicles are, it amazes me that the suits don't get the public attention that they deserve. The amount of engineering and jewel-like precision in fabrication required to make so many parts work seamlessly and reliably together in such a small package is genuinely mindblowing and has fascinated me since I was a kid.
    Edit: It's disheartening to read some of the absurd replies to this comment. So few people understand how much the R&D from NASA projects, (including suit tech) has benefited them and the rest of society as a whole. And, anybody who believes that the earth is flat, or that we never went to space or the moon shouldn't even be using the technological devices that enable them to post such ignorant garbage on the internet, because according to you, the science that makes that possible isn't real.
    I'd blame the education system, except for the fact that I learned from that same system, and I didn't turn out to be a dimwitted imbecile who can't understand simple concepts like "funding for the development of a new space suit design isn't all spent on making one individual suit".
    It's really sad that expressing interest in technological development triggers such unwarranted hate and distrust in people, half of which likely wouldn't even be alive today if it weren't for the discoveries and advances in practically every aspect of modern development that derived directly from the publically funded R&D conducted by NASA and fellow aerospace centers, here, and around the world.
    To all of you out there who share my appreciation for these kinds of achievements and collaborations, I thank you for all the "likes".🚀❤🤍💙🤓
    To all the needlessly obsessed, tin-foil hat-wearing detractors, science deniers, and NASA haters out there, don't bother replying. I'll not be engaging with such idiocy any further. You are a huge part of what's wrong with the world today. You are part of the problem. Enough is enough, I'm turning my notifications off. Congratulations, you just succeeded in ruining one more thing in the world.
    Have fun living your lives in fear and ignorance. I pity your children.

    • @tevarinvagabond1192
      @tevarinvagabond1192 Před rokem +126

      A lot of people have a flawed mindset that efforts for going out to space is worthless. These people usually say things like "our tax dollars are being wasted when we could use them for better things", or in the case of private space companies "they're wasting money that could have been used to house and feed the poor" etc etc.
      These people don't seem to realise that as humans, we can do multiple things at once...we can do good for the poor AND go to space. Plus, so many technologies made for space end up having a myriad of uses here on earth; the thing is, technology only comes about through a real need, through adversity. In first world countries, there's not as much true hardship to drive innovation, so challenges like space travel is key in pushing people to get educated and bring about progress. I honestly believe that we should focus even MORE on space, so many problems we face today can be alleviated and/or solved by expanding to the rest of our solar system. Heck, even building industry on the moon could mean we could stop mining on earth completely, thus allowing us to reclaim the natural habitats that mining destroys on our planet, as well as reducing pollution in a meaningful way. We all need to look towards the stars to have the brighter future we all want

    • @witext
      @witext Před rokem +37

      Just machining these suits and designing them is hard already, but they also have to work under thermal expansion and contraction in space, to account for such an extreme environment is everything but easy

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban Před rokem +21

      Why do you want to bring attention to this failure? 4.5 billion dollars and no suit to bring attention to yet.

    • @hassanqayyum8954
      @hassanqayyum8954 Před rokem +5

      Sir your curiosity and appreciate has impressed us and we'd like to extend you an employment opportunity with NASA and SpaceX as personal assistant to Elon Musk

    • @lmlmanonfire13
      @lmlmanonfire13 Před rokem +40

      Problem solving leads to new discoveries! Id much rather if we’re gonna spend money on tech/R&D it’s this rather than war.
      Anywho!
      Space suits are really hard. Think of them like spaceships in the shape of a person. Joints are incredibly complicated little problems to solve.

  • @garygullikson6349
    @garygullikson6349 Před rokem +108

    Modern suits look a lot less bulky and awkward than Apollo era suits. Amazing that they can provide safe life support in near vacuum including temperature control, oxygen, communication, and reasonable comfort.

  • @vasanthkumar-qg3ts
    @vasanthkumar-qg3ts Před rokem +4

    Excited to see these preparations. Hats off to Team NASA🎉

  • @KieranBLK
    @KieranBLK Před 10 měsíci +6

    Absolutely amazing. Love the design. This is what I genuinely love to it. The major jump in technological advancement and innovation from a years old product to current generation. Unfortunately it’s not yet iron man nanotech but I guess it’ll do til we get to that point.

  • @frankdatank5002
    @frankdatank5002 Před rokem +190

    Interesting I thought I read a few years back how nasa is no longer a fan of suits that connect at the hip with the ring thing because of added weight and complexity and instead preferred the Apollo and Russian style with zipper in back. The article mentioned they were looking back at those but also those the astronaut climbs in at the back right behind the life support system/pack like the nasa made prototype shown in this very video. So it’s interesting to see the collins suit is the current hip ring shuttle type.

    • @SDGreg
      @SDGreg Před rokem +14

      The later Apollo suits (Apollo 15-17) went to a front zipper and added a waist joint to allow the astronaut to sit in the Lunar Rover.

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Před rokem +17

      Well this one has a back flap to probe Uranus

    • @arcanjomonteiro2462
      @arcanjomonteiro2462 Před rokem

      hsha dont be stupid everyone knows laundry money

    • @lostpony4885
      @lostpony4885 Před rokem +1

      @@silentmajority8365 i hope that feature fits in the budget

    • @AK-tf3fc
      @AK-tf3fc Před rokem

      Nasa is racist

  • @xeflatio93
    @xeflatio93 Před rokem +25

    Space suits are basically space ships with a human shape, it's amaizing

    • @ProjectRealityV1
      @ProjectRealityV1 Před rokem +6

      I'd classify it more as a mobile habitat, than a spaceship tbh.

    • @frankjames7272
      @frankjames7272 Před rokem +2

      Right! And its not the journey into space that is important. Its the
      friends we meet along the way

    • @BisexualPlagueDoctor
      @BisexualPlagueDoctor Před 3 měsíci

      @@ProjectRealityV1they usually come with some sort of EVA though

    • @GolfInHawaii69
      @GolfInHawaii69 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@frankjames7272Until they probe u 💀

    • @cadmanfox6874
      @cadmanfox6874 Před dnem

      @@BisexualPlagueDoctor Yeah.. it's an EVA suit lmao. That doesn't make it a spaceship

  • @Blarnix
    @Blarnix Před rokem +27

    These suits look awesome. I can’t imagine how much this’ll improve EVA efficiency and ingress/egress.

  • @klijnsmitguitars2979
    @klijnsmitguitars2979 Před rokem +3

    Thats a lovely diving suit for the green screen swimmingpool with the ISS in it.

  • @planetsec9
    @planetsec9 Před rokem +272

    This was so cool! More videos like this please, of everything new and exciting happening in space and lunar exploration. I can't wait to see Axiom's lunar spacesuit design. It was a very weird choice for NASA to go with Axiom for lunar spacesuits when Collins/ILC are the companies that make the Apollo spacesuits while Axiom is new and focused on private space tourism and their own private space station, so why are they designing the lunar spacesuits not the ISS replacement suits? Weird decisions from NASA I hope they're the right ones.

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban Před rokem +2

      Axiom got $228 million and Collins just $98 million. And they saying the suits are similar. Uh?

    • @lazerith840
      @lazerith840 Před rokem +5

      Maybe Axiom is making a better suit. Companies like Collins need some competitive enthusiasm so they don’t become reliant on free government money. Same with NASA, they are slow to do anything, unlike private sector.

    • @johnsnow5955
      @johnsnow5955 Před rokem +9

      @@lazerith840 Tell the NASA that went to the moon in the 60s they are slow to do anything LOL
      The private sector still hasn't accomplished that task.
      Maybe if people like yourself chose to fund NASA instead relying on the private sector, we wouldn't have this problem.
      Can't cut funding for 40 years and expect magic to happen.

    • @lazerith840
      @lazerith840 Před rokem +2

      @@johnsnow5955 NASA gets tax dollars, so I already am pitching towards funding them. Also it’s because it’s government funded it moves slow. If it was a private corporation it would probably be doing more.

    • @johnsnow5955
      @johnsnow5955 Před rokem

      @@lazerith840 hahaha tax dollars don’t pay for anything we are trillions in debt but I do love when the village idiots make that claim.
      None of the work NASA has done would have gotten done in the private sector wanna know why? IT ISN’T PROFITABLE

  • @Penultimeat
    @Penultimeat Před rokem +19

    Once we get some of these specific parts made, it’s gonna be much easier to adapt these suits to more complex missions.

    • @ConsumptiveSoul
      @ConsumptiveSoul Před rokem +2

      Indeed just like everything else when it comes out, people adapt to it, and be much easier to make

  • @lazarusblackwell6988
    @lazarusblackwell6988 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Where is the OSD (On Screen Display) on the helmet?
    Dont you think it would be way cooler if the helmet had a digital display?

    • @AC-be5gu
      @AC-be5gu Před 5 dny

      Cool yes, but that’s such a large increase in complexity required. Production, maintenance, and repairs….

    • @lazarusblackwell6988
      @lazarusblackwell6988 Před 5 dny

      @@AC-be5gu More excuses. They didnt make excuses back in the 60s when they put a man on the moon.

  • @jeremysart
    @jeremysart Před rokem +54

    Great to see Collins and Axiom pulling through. Imagine going to space only to almost be drowned by a failing space suit 😱

  • @maulcun
    @maulcun Před rokem +4

    More videos like this! I really enjoy this topic.

  • @keylllogdark
    @keylllogdark Před rokem +3

    man that 4ss is massive

  • @Joelmonterrey
    @Joelmonterrey Před 4 měsíci

    Worth every penny. This will reap rewards for many generations!

  • @mudman6156
    @mudman6156 Před rokem +41

    Getting to test out spacesuits would be a fantastic job!!!

    • @favesongslist
      @favesongslist Před rokem +3

      Next mouth (March 2023) SpaceX will do the first Spacewalk of their new EVA Space suit. ALL four astronauts will be testing them at the same time.

    • @partypooper8198
      @partypooper8198 Před rokem

      @@favesongslist when exactly? it's march

    • @favesongslist
      @favesongslist Před rokem

      @@partypooper8198 The Polaris Dawn flight to test the EVA suits has been delayed until July.

    • @partypooper8198
      @partypooper8198 Před rokem

      @@favesongslist figures..

    • @unknownsender3823
      @unknownsender3823 Před rokem

      Use a human in a space, Moon or Mars suit under actual environmental conditions they’d be exposed to? Too dangerous on Earth.

  • @KBSINN
    @KBSINN Před rokem +56

    Very interesting thank you for covering this area .

  • @lossless4129
    @lossless4129 Před 4 měsíci

    Woahhhh nice job Collins! This is awesome!

  • @VancouverCatDogLover
    @VancouverCatDogLover Před 6 měsíci +2

    3.5B dollar suit! I’d like to see someone wear that to the met gala! That’s some serious drip!

  • @Neuxen
    @Neuxen Před rokem +20

    I like the fact that a Spacesuit is literally a little spacestation just for you!

    • @IIISentorIII
      @IIISentorIII Před rokem +2

      not even close....

    • @partypooper8198
      @partypooper8198 Před rokem

      i like the fact people believe a suit takes longer to develop than an entire space station.

    • @ElixirOfEuphoria
      @ElixirOfEuphoria Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@IIISentorIIIIt's pretty much right on the mark..

  • @TyTyMcGinty
    @TyTyMcGinty Před rokem +22

    NASA makes the suit for 4 mill. 3.5 billion is the Nordstrom markup.

    • @enadegheeghaghe6369
      @enadegheeghaghe6369 Před rokem

      It's all jokes with you guys

    • @janeblogs324
      @janeblogs324 Před rokem

      Thanks captain obvious.

    • @97Eternity
      @97Eternity Před rokem +2

      Nah. It's all scam

    • @enadegheeghaghe6369
      @enadegheeghaghe6369 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@farplenorp maybe you folks should design and build a competent space suit for for 4 million, then if the Astronauts survive in them, you would have proved your point.
      Otherwise ya'll just mouthing off.

    • @jacobcooper269
      @jacobcooper269 Před 3 měsíci

      @@enadegheeghaghe6369 I bet SpaceX could do it for a whole lot less than what it costs NASA to do it internally. Turns out that merging these developments with business interests tends to result in more efficiency.

  • @NicholasNerios
    @NicholasNerios Před 8 měsíci

    Great info.

  • @Joker-yw9hl
    @Joker-yw9hl Před rokem +5

    The original suits are iconic but these new ones are long overdue

  • @dansands8140
    @dansands8140 Před rokem +68

    3.5 billion dollars is how much SpaceX is paying to develop the entire Starship program.

    • @szymonszczykowski9027
      @szymonszczykowski9027 Před rokem +27

      Do you actually understand that a space suit is literally a mini flexible starship right? It’s ridiculously hard to get it done properly. Since ones they will do that it’s gonna be the standard for another 50-70y or smth.

    • @dansands8140
      @dansands8140 Před rokem +21

      @@szymonszczykowski9027 No... no it is not. I don't even know where to begin with that claim. Regardless, SpaceX is also developing an EVA suit which should be ready by July, which is when the Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission is scheduled to go.

    • @MBbeme
      @MBbeme Před rokem +2

      @@szymonszczykowski9027 no he doesn’t understand and you don’t either lolol 😂

    • @kaustubhraizada
      @kaustubhraizada Před rokem

      anything can be done nasa is just burning money in wrong direction

    • @luigeribeiro
      @luigeribeiro Před rokem +2

      LOL
      LOL
      LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

  • @theodoreroberts3407
    @theodoreroberts3407 Před rokem

    Now I know what I want for Christmas!

  • @thlee3
    @thlee3 Před rokem +1

    glad to see this … always blew my mind how the suits never really changed from original

  • @shmookins
    @shmookins Před rokem +104

    18000 components for the current suit? Jesus!
    I had no idea it was this complicated. Also, I thought it was just one space suit for anything in space; space walks, moon walks, or Mars walks.

    • @asage5801
      @asage5801 Před rokem +16

      Yeah, its way more complicated than the laypeople know

    • @JamarD421
      @JamarD421 Před rokem +3

      Right? That's seriously crazy stuff. I didn't think it was so many components. Not even in the thousands. Absolutely amazing yet terrifying. So much to go wrong.

    • @nomenclature9373
      @nomenclature9373 Před rokem +20

      Every microchip, resister, plug, wire, screw, bolt, nut, fabric panel, yada, yada...... It quickly adds up.

    • @SimplySketchyXbox
      @SimplySketchyXbox Před rokem +23

      The suit is basically a space craft not a suit. Super complicated bits of kit.

    • @JamarD421
      @JamarD421 Před rokem +5

      @s k y b o y I don't know about you but I would definitely want an over-engineered suit to protect me in the vacuum of space.

  • @dkking787
    @dkking787 Před rokem +15

    The guy taking about making a machine to make spacesuits very creative that’s what we need creative thinking

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Před rokem +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Covid proof?

    • @dubskins420
      @dubskins420 Před rokem

      Yeah they’ll cover it in surgical masks no problem

  • @user-eh9jo9ep5r
    @user-eh9jo9ep5r Před 6 měsíci +1

    Wow , this cool. NASA need to plan when new apdates already after this updates for space suite :) Never seen new space suits from NASA before

  • @smulkerz4748
    @smulkerz4748 Před 6 měsíci

    Technology has come so far from the original suit, I’m absolutely floored 🤭

  • @ding_chavez7613
    @ding_chavez7613 Před rokem +55

    I love this. Every space agency is literally our future I appreciate the hell out of them!

    • @SynthwavelLover
      @SynthwavelLover Před rokem +10

      Nah our planet is our future. This'll be useful in a few thousand years maybe but for now we really should take care of earth.

    • @adredy
      @adredy Před rokem

      and broke !

    • @iknowledgeaqu1296
      @iknowledgeaqu1296 Před rokem

      Remember this mission? How does one explain finger holes, in space, in a pressurized space suite?
      czcams.com/video/P2DC5x9jyE4/video.html

    • @stormjet814
      @stormjet814 Před rokem +6

      @@SynthwavelLover Uhhh no, space absolutely is our future
      Way more resources and room to expand
      Earth is just a starting point, that while yes should be taken care of, we should not be squatting in it and not attempting to move forward like a 40 year old in their parent’s basement after a while.

    • @MartinWasTaken
      @MartinWasTaken Před rokem +3

      @@SynthwavelLover Space exploration has always made life easier for humans, a lot of technology we have everyday use today came from NASA.

  • @vimalramachandran
    @vimalramachandran Před rokem +78

    The development of spacesuits is much more complicated than I initially imagined.

    • @ToneyCrimson
      @ToneyCrimson Před rokem +29

      Its basically a mini-spaceship.

    • @vimalramachandran
      @vimalramachandran Před rokem

      @@ToneyCrimson True

    • @presleymeck
      @presleymeck Před rokem +1

      @@ToneyCrimson do you know what a space ship is ?

    • @presleymeck
      @presleymeck Před rokem +5

      It doesn't justify a billion dollars

    • @vimalramachandran
      @vimalramachandran Před rokem +28

      @@presleymeck When it's a matter of life & death, more than a billion is justified.

  • @mikefitz2124
    @mikefitz2124 Před 6 měsíci

    Those will be perfect for floating around the space station

  • @donkeyballs3081
    @donkeyballs3081 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Spending $3.5 billion on space suits is kinda like buying a shirt that costs more than a brand-new Mercedes

  • @lazarusblackwell6988
    @lazarusblackwell6988 Před rokem +3

    Give NASA more money.
    Space exploration is something that has the potential to uplift our entire civilization.

    • @EthanMatlack
      @EthanMatlack Před rokem +1

      This video makes it clear that the private sector is the only one making progress here without burning through billions.

  • @Atem_S.
    @Atem_S. Před rokem +2

    New suit looks amazing

  • @pakalepapita5008
    @pakalepapita5008 Před rokem +1

    Nice underwater swim suit. I am definitely going to buy it.

  • @meltdown7259
    @meltdown7259 Před měsícem

    Nasa space suites are amazing 👏 🤩 😍 ♥️ comfortable cool looking perfect congratulations on your new design for spaceflight

  • @nickchkheidze9189
    @nickchkheidze9189 Před rokem +55

    It's crazy that most of the tech we have today, cars, spacecraft, planes, tanks.. were all built in the past century. All the modern century added was the digital technology.

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Před rokem +6

      And they got that from aliens

    • @mudman6156
      @mudman6156 Před rokem +24

      Why is that crazy? It’s only 2023. Mankind wasn’t created just 23 years ago. Of course we use things designed from the last century. We’re still at the beginning of the following millennium. That digital technology…extremely significant. It created smart phones, navigation and safety systems for our vehicles, etc…, as well as vastly increased both the size and speed of the internet.

    • @_Chad_ThunderCock
      @_Chad_ThunderCock Před rokem +7

      @@silentmajority8365 what are you talking about?

    • @_Chad_ThunderCock
      @_Chad_ThunderCock Před rokem +12

      That digital technology is not to be underestimated. A lot of advance medical equipment, AI, logistics, simulations etc. knowledge is greatly advanced because of it.

    • @nickchkheidze9189
      @nickchkheidze9189 Před rokem

      @@_Chad_ThunderCock Medicine maybe advanced, but we still don't have compound V

  • @bluemantom77
    @bluemantom77 Před rokem +73

    I hope this happens it would be great to see maybe a similar space suit when we go to Mars in over 10 years

    • @REThesNutz
      @REThesNutz Před rokem

      Niga they can’t even get 2 the moon

    • @michaelweber1921
      @michaelweber1921 Před rokem +1

      Meh, so much time and money wasted. Just do what China and Russia does and steal the tech after western try hards waste their time and money.

    • @Supraboyes
      @Supraboyes Před rokem +17

      10, more like 200

    • @dom_xi-dzopa720
      @dom_xi-dzopa720 Před rokem

      you wont know of any Mars manned or womanned mission in under the amount of likes this comment of yours gets, unless you are somehow necessary for its happening, they won't tell you until they have went thrice and returned, same as moon.
      NASA was for pedestrian launches mainly even though it is a military shell agency, but there will likely be some sort of conflict or another so this will not be that relevant due to distracting long suffering and discomfort-ability.

    • @caesarsalad1170
      @caesarsalad1170 Před rokem +3

      Robots are good enough for barren radiation soaked wastelands.

  • @christiandouglas2628
    @christiandouglas2628 Před rokem +1

    Imagine how boundlessly unlimited and technologically advanced we could be without out the constraints of the monetary system.

  • @StevenRamos248
    @StevenRamos248 Před 6 měsíci

    I can see the SpaceX influence with the dark accents and streamlined look.

  • @FritzSchober
    @FritzSchober Před rokem +45

    Looks more flexible than the old moon suits. But not very much.

    • @mitseraffej5812
      @mitseraffej5812 Před rokem +4

      It didn’t look to be pressurised.

    • @_mikolaj_
      @_mikolaj_ Před rokem +1

      Every EVA suit looks flexible when its unpressurised here on earth, we will see how it will be in vacum

    • @PrograError
      @PrograError Před rokem

      Well... We shall see once we get back, maybe we will see them fly on *Dear Moon*

    • @fukhue8226
      @fukhue8226 Před rokem +2

      Without a "Hard Suit" the air pressure in the suit will fight all movements, even the fingers.

    • @mitseraffej5812
      @mitseraffej5812 Před rokem +2

      @@fukhue8226 I understand that the suits are pressurised to 4.7 PSI, about the pressure on top of Mt Everest for this reason. To compensate it’s filled with pure oxygen. The low pressure of the suit requires the users to pre breath oxygen for 30 minutes prior to donning, this purges their blood of nitrogen so as not to get the bends. My vision of an ideal suit is a powered flexible exoskeleton made out of a material that mimics muscle and tendons and maintains normal atmospheric pressure and nitrogen/oxygen ratio. The user has a neurolink implant that controls the suits movement, perfectly synchronised with body movements.
      Now all someone has to do is build it, someone smarty that I.🤪

  • @juliancrooks3031
    @juliancrooks3031 Před rokem +18

    They need to standardized the space suits so they can be used in any spacecraft going to ISS and for space walks.

    • @soleenzo893
      @soleenzo893 Před rokem +21

      That's literally whta they're doing lol. Collins and Axiom will have to respect standards set by nasa for use on the ISS and beyond

    • @McClarinJ
      @McClarinJ Před rokem +4

      The EVA suits would be unecessarily bulky for use en route.

    • @bozhijak
      @bozhijak Před rokem

      Break the suit down into modules. The one custom fit part would be the actual environmental suit the space-meat would be wearing. Not to mention much lighter to send up. The rest would be standardized hardware and be repairable onsite. Smaller parts could also be make onsite. Use that 3D printer(s) that's up there NOW.

    • @xploration1437
      @xploration1437 Před rokem +1

      Just let SpaceX do it.

    • @Epicurus0
      @Epicurus0 Před rokem +1

      @@xploration1437 SpaceX have already done it. They'll be showcasing their EVA suits in July 2023 with the Polaris Dawn mission, with 1 doing a spacewalk in it & having the rest of the crew (3) in them in a depressurised Crew Dragon.

  • @johnthomas4427
    @johnthomas4427 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Can't wait to see it underwater

  • @attilaabonyi8879
    @attilaabonyi8879 Před rokem +2

    Not to discredit the engineers and scientists but how many more variations is it gonna take before your happy with the design?
    You have been working on this since like 2000's to 2010's is it not good enough already?

  • @gelatinous6915
    @gelatinous6915 Před rokem +24

    For those of you guys wondering why they cost *so* much, it's because spacesuits are essentially tiny little spaceships. They have to hold pressure, protect our squishy little bodies from the vacuum of space, keep us from freezing or boiling, allow us to see and move around, allow us to connect to and power tools, allow us to breathe, and literally allow us to fly in space without any tethering. All this RnD just to build a few suits ends up costing a ton of money.

    • @Rmi_brandito
      @Rmi_brandito Před rokem +4

      I bet if spacex give this contract a try they can achieve it and cut cost in half😒

    • @leestewart72
      @leestewart72 Před rokem +7

      @@Rmi_brandito
      They could probably do it for a tenth or less. NASA isn't s space program. It's a jobs program.

    • @StripedJacket
      @StripedJacket Před rokem

      @@Rmi_brandito 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @teamtoken
      @teamtoken Před rokem +2

      @@leestewart72 A jobs program that has a helicopter flying around Mars and a telescope in deep space that can see to the beginnings of the galaxy. Thats the most space related jobs program I’ve ever heard of

    • @leestewart72
      @leestewart72 Před rokem +4

      @@teamtoken
      The telescope was more than $9 billion over budget, and 15 years late.

  • @bagged_milk67
    @bagged_milk67 Před rokem +4

    Wow now the astronauts can touch rocks with more dexterity

  • @chhoc
    @chhoc Před 11 měsíci

    nicely done

  • @thecoolerspringtrap40
    @thecoolerspringtrap40 Před 4 měsíci

    THIS IS SO SICK 💖💖

  • @ramusoder5411
    @ramusoder5411 Před rokem +12

    Nice diving suit! Just the fact that underwater there is pressure pushing in on the suit and in the space the air inside is pushing out. So a suit being able to work in both polarities is AMAZING :)

    • @nosredep7873
      @nosredep7873 Před rokem +6

      40iq comment

    • @ramusoder5411
      @ramusoder5411 Před rokem

      @@nosredep7873 ;D

    • @ramusoder5411
      @ramusoder5411 Před rokem

      @@nosredep7873 Please start doing math and estimate the forces on a spacesuit at approximately 3 yards of fabric with virtually zero pressure outside the suit and 10 psi inside the suit. I estimate 27 square foot of exposed suit surface area x 144 square inches per foot is about 3,888 square inches at ten psi pressure differential is about 38 thousand pounds of total force pushing outward . have You ever seen this force pushing outward on a suit during a spacewalk?

    • @ThatCasualZach
      @ThatCasualZach Před rokem

      @@ramusoder5411 not to mention...temperatures

  • @Mountain_Dandy
    @Mountain_Dandy Před rokem +5

    Designing a proper "normal suit" is going to be key to survival in space outside of our magnetic field.

  • @debourmom
    @debourmom Před rokem +1

    The suits kind of remind me of the first diving suits man made. Wonder what's it will be in 100-300 years.

  • @danser_theplayer01
    @danser_theplayer01 Před 3 měsíci

    I always seem to forget that spacesuits don't have to be as robust as submarines. If the vacuum of space is 0 pressure and the normal human pressure is 1 atmosphere then the suits only have to hold a difference of 1 atmosphere. All the space accidents in movies changed my perception.

  • @Dragonblaster1
    @Dragonblaster1 Před rokem +18

    The Apollo lunar suits had a lifespan of about 27 hours due to the sharp dust from the regolith getting everywhere and tearing the suits up as the astronauts moved around. I hope that has been improved upon in the new suits.

    • @battleoid2411
      @battleoid2411 Před rokem +2

      I'd assume that's why they're developing a separate set of suits for the Artemis missions while the one in the video is meant for space walks on the ISS

    • @santiagotutor2008
      @santiagotutor2008 Před rokem +1

      The Nixon phone call was better then than the audio in the Virgin Galactic. They should revive that old technology.

    • @matheussanthiago9685
      @matheussanthiago9685 Před rokem

      Believe me they have
      One of the things they did was to wire an external circuit to counter the negative charge of said regolith all over the suit

  • @sureshmilton
    @sureshmilton Před rokem +6

    For the cost, this better give him Iron man powers to bring him back to earth

  • @theamanawer
    @theamanawer Před rokem

    *Looking forward to buy it*

  • @custodiojamal5150
    @custodiojamal5150 Před 10 měsíci

    We are getting closer like really, really close of having refine futuristic model of technology

  • @alcrt6630
    @alcrt6630 Před rokem +11

    Lack of funding??? Mind you they are not producing the first ever suit and it’s test beds, facilitates etc. that’s all ready in place. They are only improving the ones we have. So forget 3.5 billion or 1 billion even $421 million sounds excessive.

    • @jarrodmagnusson4101
      @jarrodmagnusson4101 Před rokem

      You also thank NASA for why we are in more debt and crazy inflation. It's a dumpster fire.

  • @curedham2963
    @curedham2963 Před rokem +5

    15,000 components in the suit? That’s INSANE!

    • @EchoesDistant
      @EchoesDistant Před 10 měsíci +1

      Think of it less as a suit and more a literal space ship. Because, that's what it is. Space is hard.

    • @Red-Check-Mark
      @Red-Check-Mark Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@EchoesDistantAnd basically pointless to explore.

  • @QuantumLance
    @QuantumLance Před 9 měsíci +1

    When NASA says they are lacking funds, you know how expensive things really are.

  • @Celeon999A
    @Celeon999A Před 6 měsíci +4

    Collins suit seems to be a true leap forward regarding overall agility. But it seems to me that the wearer is still depended on help by at least one other person when putting it on. This decade old issue finally needs to be overcome or it will cost lives sooner or later.

    • @Argoon1981
      @Argoon1981 Před 4 měsíci

      With the current known tech IMO you will never have a real space suit that a astronaut can put alone.

    • @gishee18
      @gishee18 Před 4 měsíci

      how

  • @SamIIs
    @SamIIs Před rokem +7

    New suits need to be designed for manufacturing not only here on Earth, but easily in space or on another planet.

    • @Brian-tn4cd
      @Brian-tn4cd Před rokem +1

      They did talk about that with a company designing a 3D printed suit, and given its for extraterrestrial crew that's them covered

    • @partypooper8198
      @partypooper8198 Před rokem

      lol yea we cant even grow plants in space im sure a next generation, space suit factory will be EZPZ....

  • @TamaHawkLive
    @TamaHawkLive Před rokem +7

    It's really incredible when you learn more about our efforts in space how the majority of it all has honestly been weekend garage DIYers with about the bare minimum technology to help them at the time. As much money as people think is put into this stuff and to be fair it is a lot of money, it's still not nearly enough for these geniuses to do what they do at any given time in a truly efficient way.

  • @dannymostarac1799
    @dannymostarac1799 Před 10 měsíci

    Nice tux

  • @marcusjackman1487
    @marcusjackman1487 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Glad we're spending money and resources on improving life on our planet.

  • @rolfw2336
    @rolfw2336 Před rokem +6

    The Collins suit looks great! I hope it can be tested on ISS sooner than 2026 :) How about adding a GoPro mount on the helmet?

    • @RealRyanFlynn
      @RealRyanFlynn Před rokem

      There is a plan to add external cameras to the helmet so the mission controllers can see what the astronaut sees and even if the helmet fogs, someone can guide them over the radio.

    • @apair4002
      @apair4002 Před rokem

      @@RealRyanFlynn They should start decades ago. A lot of incident caught on camera since the beginning of CCTV.
      In harsh environment like working on ISS, 100% they should get cam to monitor their safety.

  • @nicolajohnson1887
    @nicolajohnson1887 Před rokem +9

    I had no idea that the current suits had a water circulating as part of the suits function, that was surprising.

    • @wildlifewarrior2670
      @wildlifewarrior2670 Před rokem +2

      Space is very very cold Waters is circulated through the suits and heated to keep the astronauts warm out of space walks

    • @Forty2de
      @Forty2de Před 7 měsíci

      @@wildlifewarrior2670 No, it's actually the opposite. Space is a complete vacuum so there's no air that your body can get cooled by, there's nothing for your body heat to transfer to. The only way body heat can dissipate is through thermal radiation which is very slow. The water is there to keep your body cool, otherwise your own body heat would build up faster than it could radiate away and you'd be cooked by your own body heat.

    • @Argoon1981
      @Argoon1981 Před 4 měsíci

      @@wildlifewarrior2670 just to add, space is extremely cold and extremely hot at the same time, all depends if you are on the shade or not.

    • @Argoon1981
      @Argoon1981 Před 4 měsíci

      I don't think that is a feature of current EVA suits alone, water/coolant circulation system should exist since the Apollo Moon suits, perhaps even earlier.

  • @EchoesDistant
    @EchoesDistant Před 10 měsíci +1

    Since these news programs NEVER mention that NASA only gets 0.5% of the federal budget, I will take this time to point it out.

  • @doctordan1668
    @doctordan1668 Před rokem +1

    Was hoping they would mention the SpaceX suits for comparison

  • @Trebseig
    @Trebseig Před rokem +5

    And then while in the spacesuit, you got tearing eyes for some reason, next you discover there is no way to clean your eyes and that you can see almost nothing, do almost nothing. I have this every day, being almost completely paralyzed.

    • @asoka7752
      @asoka7752 Před rokem

      or if your butt itchy.

    • @PURENT
      @PURENT Před rokem

      A windshield wiper for your eyes like the headlights of old Mercs.

  • @thestrangecrisismalachi4121

    Awesome NASA keep going 👏

  • @apolloswrld1249
    @apolloswrld1249 Před rokem

    I like it really cool and not scary or overwhelming looking

  • @hbiblia
    @hbiblia Před 4 měsíci

    Deberian aprovechar y ponerlo propulsores en caso de emergencia poder utilizarlo para moverse en el espacio.

  • @fitybux4664
    @fitybux4664 Před rokem +4

    7:18 Wow, this is almost never done with government contracting. When a company wins the contract, they used to keep everything proprietary and closed, so that no new competitor can ever submit competing bids. (Such as with military contracting.)

  • @ConswaMcGaga
    @ConswaMcGaga Před rokem +5

    The more I learn about space travel the more I realize how little I actually know about it.

  • @user-um9sl1kj6u
    @user-um9sl1kj6u Před 9 měsíci

    There are some people who have designed exo-skeletons similar to the articulations in Iron Man’s suit.
    - can’t we make space suits based around those, since they are more articulated and have more dexterity?

  • @joeschmoe76
    @joeschmoe76 Před 8 měsíci +1

    "lack of funding" Good one.

  • @salimrandall
    @salimrandall Před rokem +25

    So futuristic. I can’t believe how far the human race has come when it comes to space travel.

    • @mcmarkmarkson7115
      @mcmarkmarkson7115 Před rokem

      For real? I hoped we would be way further? But as things currently stand, space travel will be nowhere even in 100 years. Governments are so corrupt you can just not finance any missions or outposts on some death planet like Mars or even the moon.

    • @evernam993m8
      @evernam993m8 Před rokem +12

      Not far, we still gain too little, because of political conflicts.........

    • @itsresouling4117
      @itsresouling4117 Před rokem +7

      It’s all fake

    • @salimrandall
      @salimrandall Před rokem

      @@itsresouling4117 LOL of course it is fake. There is no space travel for humans. I’m just here breaking balls seeing who actually believes this silliness.

    • @squallofthedai
      @squallofthedai Před rokem

      @@itsresouling4117: Doofus comment, we have crap CGI now, but you think that was well done enough to fake space travel. Get out of here with that idiocy and take it to 4Chan where it belongs, oof.

  • @rafaeltorres2886
    @rafaeltorres2886 Před rokem +8

    3.5 Billion that's absurd.

    • @leestewart72
      @leestewart72 Před rokem +2

      That's NASA.

    • @hawkdsl
      @hawkdsl Před rokem

      The two of you haven't heard of the F35...

    • @Poepopdestoep
      @Poepopdestoep Před rokem +2

      3.5 billion spread over 15 years with 100's of people working on it. It looks like a lot of money (it is) but you have to see it in context. There's only a few compagnies on earth who can make this stuff. It's not mass production.

    • @M.Montgomery
      @M.Montgomery Před rokem

      Money laundering scheme as the of the space program

  • @martinteece8983
    @martinteece8983 Před rokem

    We see lot more motion in upper area. But would they need to do different type for a plant landing or moon landing. Also wouldn't the new style of space units be better material to start bases off.

  • @subnormalbark2683
    @subnormalbark2683 Před 10 měsíci +2

    How you end up spending 3 Billion dollars designing a space suit 😂 I would think 3 million or something

  • @Thegamercat420
    @Thegamercat420 Před rokem +8

    Giving astronauts the ability to build their own space suits would be amazing .

    • @mcmarkmarkson7115
      @mcmarkmarkson7115 Před rokem +6

      Anything is better than wasting 3.5 billion on a frigging space suit. What's the spacecraft gonna cost 20 trillion? Nasa needs more competition asap.

    • @spotlizard0374
      @spotlizard0374 Před rokem +4

      @@mcmarkmarkson7115 Up to 3.5 bullion by 2034. It's not like they're spending this for one suit, it's for the development of multiple different ones over a decade.

    • @hydromic2518
      @hydromic2518 Před rokem

      @@mcmarkmarkson7115 NASA’s budget isn’t even $30 billion

    • @mcmarkmarkson7115
      @mcmarkmarkson7115 Před rokem +4

      @@hydromic2518 So the suit is over 10% of the entire Nasa budget

    • @hydromic2518
      @hydromic2518 Před rokem +2

      @@mcmarkmarkson7115 no because it’s payed over a period of time iirc. It only gets a small bit of the budget each year. I might be wrong tho

  • @KayJblue
    @KayJblue Před rokem +3

    Is the design similar to that of the first spacesuits with the big bubble heads really the best solution? Or is aesthetics in mind?

    • @Brian-tn4cd
      @Brian-tn4cd Před rokem +2

      Isn't the big bubble head so the pressure is equalized while giving the most peripheral vision?

  • @i.n.1196
    @i.n.1196 Před 4 měsíci

    How do the gimbals for waist or arm manage to rotate and maintain atmospheric sealing, or do they seal on entry and not move when in enviroment?

  • @bellenvideo5629
    @bellenvideo5629 Před 4 měsíci

    At nasa work more animators than in Hollywood. Van allen belt. Nobody leaves 😂

  • @dudermcdudeface3674
    @dudermcdudeface3674 Před rokem +11

    Being in an EVA suit out in space is the only time you could get to experience both claustrophobia and agoraphobia at the exact same time.

    • @Yvaelle
      @Yvaelle Před 9 měsíci +2

      And I'd imagine the darkness and void of space, and the depth between you and the Earth, probably feels a lot like Thalassophobia.

    • @travis-nk8wf
      @travis-nk8wf Před 3 měsíci

      This guy reddits^

  • @ShawnMeira
    @ShawnMeira Před rokem +5

    Definitely needs more improvement but looks good so far!

  • @JoeyBoBoey
    @JoeyBoBoey Před 6 měsíci +1

    Well we knew they wouldn’t be cool looking, back pack looks alright at least

  • @kingnoob5227
    @kingnoob5227 Před rokem

    It look so good!! so where can i buy this?

  • @kristopherleslie8343
    @kristopherleslie8343 Před rokem +7

    I always felt they need a auxiliary unit to follow astronauts like a drone that can help in providing oxygen and fuel etc

    • @speedy01247
      @speedy01247 Před rokem

      honestly a proper space functional drone could be more useful then an astronaut in a space suit. it depends on the situation, but a drone could have superior dexterity then an astronaut in a suit.

    • @kristopherleslie8343
      @kristopherleslie8343 Před rokem

      @@speedy01247 i agree. I forgot the name of the movie maybe it’s just Mars but they had a drone dog which was multifunctional but I’m thinking add it to a platform as well so you could provide emergency resources

    • @clayel1
      @clayel1 Před rokem

      yea this wouldn’t work for several reasons
      - im guessing for the drone you’re talking about mars, so you’d need a very fast spinning propeller, if you want to bring along a life support system the propeller would have to go nuts
      - any servicing to be done on the iss can really only be done by human shaped beings, and a robot human would be much more expensive then just a human in a space suit
      - robot dog could technically work if it could be developed on another planets, (would be way too heavy to send via rocket) but we’re well over 100 years out from that

    • @kristopherleslie8343
      @kristopherleslie8343 Před rokem

      @@clayel1 no actually the idea of a flying drone like that isn’t on my mind. It’s a bad use case.

    • @kristopherleslie8343
      @kristopherleslie8343 Před rokem

      @@clayel1 you could build the dog with a 3D printer which probably half of the things there would be

  • @Dough30i22
    @Dough30i22 Před rokem +15

    Good lord 3.5 billion dollars!! Jesus what that made of...🤯🤯🤯

  • @vanessajones4016
    @vanessajones4016 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Was this suit pressurized during this demonstration? That definitely changes mobility . Completely understandable to only demonstrate as a concept but not a true comparison or proof of concept otherwise.

  • @user-dp7op3bb3t
    @user-dp7op3bb3t Před 3 měsíci

    Way to go Collins Aerospace

  • @thenumber1christian
    @thenumber1christian Před rokem +24

    I would love to see the cost breakdown. 😅

    • @muzikgod
      @muzikgod Před rokem +3

      What's stopping you from doing a simple web search?

    • @studentcopyofburgerking8108
      @studentcopyofburgerking8108 Před rokem +6

      @@muzikgod That would be me

    • @Thetatruth
      @Thetatruth Před rokem

      100% stolen money

    • @Kraken9911
      @Kraken9911 Před rokem

      ​@@studentcopyofburgerking8108Stop right there cost breakdown googling scum!

    • @Rmi_brandito
      @Rmi_brandito Před rokem +4

      Charging the taxpayer like it’s hospital bill, I bet spacex can satisfy the contract requirements while cutting cost in half.

  • @joestarr11
    @joestarr11 Před rokem +9

    They need to take those things on a hike to see how well they really work

    • @favesongslist
      @favesongslist Před rokem +1

      Exactly, Next mouth (March 2023) SpaceX will do the first Spacewalk of their new EVA Space suit. ALL four 'Polaris Dawn' astronauts will be testing them at the same time.

    • @vinialves7062
      @vinialves7062 Před rokem

      ​@@favesongslistSpaceX doesn't have an EVA suit.

    • @favesongslist
      @favesongslist Před rokem +1

      @@vinialves7062 SpaceX 'Polaris Dawn' mission coming up in July will include a spacewalk, by definition this requires use of an EVA suit, currently being made by SpaceX.

    • @frankjames7272
      @frankjames7272 Před rokem

      ​@@Tonysopranoyafinookor scratch your ballsack while holding the remote in on hand

  • @IMABOSS191
    @IMABOSS191 Před 6 měsíci

    It has been a dream of mine to be an astronaught. Hopefully they make becoming an astronaught a much more easier process as time goes on.