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Axiom spacesuit development delays could push Artemis program back by 3+ years
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:13 am
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:13 am
Yet another failed government contracting endeavor. This comes after just a week ago Axiom claimed they'd be ready to test next year. There were originally two suit contracts and one company dropped out...no competition, no incentive to build the suit faster.
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Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:18 am to The Pirate King
Government contracting at its finest.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:24 am to The Pirate King
Just copy the Apollo suits.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:34 am to The Pirate King
Never A Straight Answer
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:36 am to The Pirate King
Space suit design is notoriously challenging
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:44 am to The Pirate King
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Axiom spacesuit development delays could push Artemis program back by 3+ years
Contract SpaceX... Issacson already went into space with their suit. Albeit he didn't walk around, but seems like they'd have a good proto ready to develop on.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:08 pm to The Baker
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Space suit design is notoriously challenging
Thats why Playtex, yes that playtex, the panty and girdle company, had to step up and make the Apollo suits. They knew how to make it fit to the body.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:12 pm to Lsut81
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Contract SpaceX
The suit was tethered to spacecraft for life support. NASA needs an autonomous suit.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:13 pm to The Pirate King
2031...
That gives them time to come up with another excuse.
That gives them time to come up with another excuse.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:48 pm to The Pirate King
Maybe Wall-E can fix it.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 1:16 pm to The Baker
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Space suit design is notoriously challenging
Well it’s not rocket science
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 4/20/26 at 1:31 pm to mikie421
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Well it’s not rocket science
That's exactly what it is.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 2:57 pm to MLSter
we dont currently have the technology to build a spacesuit
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:05 pm to The Pirate King
This is the kind of shite that fuels the conspiracy theories. They can't design a suit by next year, so lets wait another 5 years.... Sure Jan.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:08 pm to The Pirate King
Temu could knock off one of these designs. Wouldn't even need boosters. Comes with its own propulsion system.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:14 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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Just copy the Apollo suits.
Those only work on movie sets, duh.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:28 pm to The Pirate King
Sorry space bros. But hey, the grift goes on
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:36 pm to The Pirate King
This is the perfect chance for Elon to say "hold my beer..."
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:37 pm to ATrillionaire
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The suit was tethered to spacecraft for life support. NASA needs an autonomous suit.
I'd trust a SpaceX designed autonomous suit a million times before anyone else's.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:45 pm to Giantkiller
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I'd trust a SpaceX designed autonomous suit a million times before anyone else's.
SpaceX thanks you for the endorsement. I'm sure if it thought it could engineer a capable suit, it would have made that case to NASA.
And the people who are saying we should refurbish the Apollo suits, I'd love to know how we'd get outdated tech to interface with Artemis systems and the Human Landing System.
We need to remember that these aren't outfits. They are essentially personal spacecrafts.
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