Re: OT - At last! Reality and fantasy begin to merge!

On Jul 21, 4:28 pm, Fred J. McCall <fmcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
eugene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Eugene Griessel) wrote:

:
:Newman's prototype suit is a revolutionary departure from the
:traditional model. Instead of using gas pressurization, which exerts a
:force on the astronaut's body to protect it from the vacuum of space,
:the suit relies on mechanical counter-pressure, which involves
:wrapping tight layers of material around the body. The trick is to
:make a suit that is skintight but stretches with the body, allowing
:freedom of movement.
:

You know, we were talking about this 'revolutionary' concept right
here over 20 years ago.

--
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
--George Bernard Shaw

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