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todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

It’s a ~$700,000 space suit custom tailored for a single astronaut on a single mission. Why wouldn’t it have the astronaut’s name stitched into it?

Also, have you never seen a NASA/Air Force/Military uniform in general? They all wear their names somewhere.

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simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Also, so you can quickly put on the correct suit, quickly, in pretty disorienting conditions.

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- GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Who shit in my suit!
  
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  - simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That would be disorienting.
    
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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s a 700k suit to make in today’s money.

That doesn’t include R&D, and very notably doesn’t include things the life support backpack or helmet either. If you add those, you come to something like nearly 2 million in 1967 money, or nearly 19 million in modern money.

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- todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  $700k was calculated assuming T&D and 2024 dollars, so you’re doubling down on math I already did.
  
  The total budget for the suits in 1967 dollars was $100K/suit.
  
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  - Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    No the 700k and 20m difference is in development cost. It’s not unfair to include those costs in small unit orders.
    
    Regardless, it was crazy expensive, and shouldn’t be swapped out with the other. The point stands
    
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