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Thursday, March 24, 2022

Mix and Match

 


Ever since I was a little kid in Honduras, I always had a picture in my head of the perfect astronaut spacesuit.

It was always new and clean. One use, then off to a museum.

Well, it's not that way these days. I've retired my original suit, and, like other full-time space explorers, I am slowly upgrading components over time.

My friend Mick has a mixed bag of suit parts that work just fine. He says it's like accumulating golf gear or scuba gear.

He wrote me saying, 
"My new helmet shell was issued by the Rocket Team. They sent a nice card saying it was a gift to 'honor your work publishing books about us.' My power module is from a NASA moon suit, and my suit's upper torso is from Rocket Lab. A real mixed bag. I look like a space hobo!"






(c)2022 Mickey Kulp
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