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NASA Space Suits. From Mercury to the last Shuttle Launch.
[I did overhear a group when I was at NASA and the reason why Mercury & Gemini suits are silver is because “That’s the colour that Spacemen wear”]
sic itur ad astra
some of us are looking towards the stars
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It’s true, as we learned at Space Camp. The Mercury suits were silver because it looked cool.
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for-all-mankind reblogged this from spacewatching and added:
I’d also like to point out that the off-coloured non-shiny boots worn in the Original 7 photo shoot are actually silver...
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