What Makes NASA's Artemis Space Suit The Best Space Suit Yet? 

4:43 Gahh those arm circles makes it look like she’s repeatedly breaking her shoulders

I love how the woman wearing the suit is smiling all the time. A proper mechanical enginnering nerd having the day of her life!

People now: "Pfft, that suit looks ridiculous!" People in the future: "Wow man, a classic! Those things looked so cool!"

"A lot of people are calling it Russian because of the colors" 5:02 *demonstrates squats*

I swear to God if an Astronaut flosses on the moon we're cancelling Artemis.

"They chose the shortest engineer for this demonstration" - I disagree, it looks like they chose the happiest engineer for this demonstration. That smile is just precious!

I would love to see a side-by-side comparison of someone in this suit and someone in an Apollo-type suit moving around and performing various tasks.

There was a final second hi-5 abort at 1:22 that was very well executed, minimal damage, barely noticeable and expert recovery. Well done by her

I don’t like regolith. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

new space suit...better than dying - scott manley 2019

she is so thrilled, just like Jebediah

Finally a suit mobile enough for extreme beekeeping

Anybody remember "fith element" aliens? I guess we finally caught up

The bearing joints remind me of the old deep sea diving suits that resemble Robbie the Robot.

1:27 When you can't tell if someone is waving at you or wants a high five, and then it just turns into an awkward handshake. 😂

The guy in orange might be an actual alien looking at the way he high fives in 1:27

But the real problem that they probably didn't think of is this: Can you fight aliens hand-to-hand efficiently while wearing the suit?

10:45 - Imagine all the grunting and groaning involved in that scene. "Test two: pick up rock with kitty litter spatula.....here we go... HNGHHGRRRN!"

"International orange"... shush, don't tell them the plans we discussed while you where in the Netherlands...

“Red and blue looks like Russian spacesuits" American flag in background:

now we are the aliens, bumbling about the universe in our bubble suits. Like cosmic tellytubbies.

What do you want to be when you grow up kids? "firefighter!" "doctor!" "space hunchback!"

Its red white & blue in front of the American flag “looks Russian”

"Somebody will have to develop that at some point." What every NASA planner says on every project

I can't wait for people to realize big, bulky, and utilitarian is *_A E S T H E T I C_*

She looked so genuinely psyched to show that off. Go her.

The Artemis suit smells a lot like a predecessor to EVA power armor.

11:40 I'm sorry, did she just do the floss dance? That's it. No more space for you.

11:36 "oh, was that screw important?"

1:17 Some say his eyes reflect the infinite universe, and he feeds on solar radiation. All we know is, he's called Space Stig!

So they want a suit called the "Z2" but there's a giant glowing "Y" on the suit getting some mixed signals here

I'll admit, i'm only back here because of how contagious her smile is.

6:13 Of course they will be duel-wielding space power drills.

"We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the Big Daddies all the way from Rapture for providing us with their suit designs." - NASA

That's a really adorkable suit. And it has such a happy little engineer in it. D'aww. I do hope the colors become less stupid in the final versions, but that's just a minor detail I guess.

The first astronaut to floss on the mars will change the status from inhabited to conterminated

I think the colors are there to tell the part's position easier. The parts covering the arms are doing full 360s...

Much better than the Hollywood style suits with helmet lighting shining in the astronauts face. Lol

When they started to climb into that suit, it reminded me of the way your character in Fallout 4 climbs into their power armour.

10:55 Watching the guy try and scoop up the rock is like watching a toddler learning to use a lil beach shovel. Brilliant!

OMG it makes the astronaut look like a Krogan, this is the best suit ever.

Her smile is so cute, she's like super excited to be modeling a space suit. I hope she's going to the moon

the way the arm joints move just looks so weird and cool.

11:36 Some unknown part of the space station flies into the abyss of space!

The first man on Mars is already alive and out there somewhere. I hope.

That orange one looks like he's doing community service.

"The same international orange colour" Dutch astronauts: "Hey guys how about a new 'international' colour for the space suits?'

Astronaut: *does a floss on the moon* Spaceship pilot: *guys get on, but leave karen. She just did the floss*

0:24 That is going to haunt me in my dreams now

The engineer in the suit with the infectious smile is Amy Ross, who is the daughter of astronaut Jerry Ross. She designed the Mark VI gloves currently used on EVA suits on the ISS.

3:17 The rotating bearings for the joints are really neat. At first I didn't know how they work (it had me confused for quite a while), I thought they were some really fancy form of concertina joints (basically works by using segmented plates that goes inside of the other plates. But, because of that they are pretty heavy) used in some of the older deep diving suits. It turns out that it just rotated like "turrets" in whatever direction to allow the operator to flex. This allows for a very surprising amount of flexibility (go see the AX-5 suit, pretty magical stuff there), and reduction in weight (compared to concertina joints.....since rotational joints don't need segmented plates). Another neat thing about rotating bearing joints in space suits (or deep diving suits) is that they don't need ball bearings at all. Which I thought is cool. Also, I love the fact, how the engine nozzle of the F-35 uses the same type of rotating joints to achieve VTOL :D

11:40 Umm, have we just witnessed the first person to Floss in a real space suit?

Chose the shortest engineer, sure. More like those chose the small, grinny, cute engineer to bubble on stage inside the bubble.

Space Exploration: "It's better than dying."

I am so excited for Artemis! Lets hope my ksp mistakes dont happen in real life

Just to really emphasize how heavy this thing is, a suit of armor weighed anywhere from 33-55 lbs. This is anywhere from 6 to 10 times heavier than that.

So disappointed there wasn't a third suit on display, the Stig.

She is so happy she literally is trying not to smile but failing badly! Lol happiness is literally pressuring her suit haha

Sci-fi spacesuits have spoiled our imaginations... Everyone wants a Martian spacesuit to work, but the engineering problem is just too hard!

04:46 Astronaut with OCD:"Have to wiggle the arms one more time to have toe blue fabric upside."

That is an impressive suit! I was amazed by the sheer mobility of the arms, and the fact that it is able to be used effectively under earth gravity is also amazing in its own right!

I think they chose her forthat friendly, positive and vibrant smile she has!

2:35 balenciagas, flexing on these aliens 👽.

At 11:36 a screw drifts off "Not to worry, we are still flying HALF a ship

I could never wear a space suit, if my nose itches I’m done

The most poorly fitting suit out there on the stage is Jim Bridenstine's.

They should’ve hired an 80’s style breakdancer to show off some moves

that engineer in the suit is just having the time of her life. i love it.

When she walks she looks like the Mondoshawan from 5th element

She's like 20, already accomplished a lot in her career and looks flawless. Damn right she can't wipe the smile off of her face. Congrats

I see certain similarities to, to the hard suits designed for deep sea exploration. Getting the internal suit pressure up to .5 atmosphere is a great idea now that they have solved the pressure issues. This seems like a very practical portable life environment. It will be interesting to see how they solve the issue of protecting the bearings from moon grit (sharp as carbide grit!).

@4:09 Literal hand socks. I'm imagining a phone conversation between NASA and Fruit of the Loom being all "Yeah, the usual... But this time with fingers."

"..these are gonna go to the Mun.." me; *flashbacks to Jebedaiah sitting in his crew pod on top of a controlled explosion *

Please tell me I'm not the only one who caught the rejected high five transition to waving at 1:23.

"technology beats aesthetics..." "ah dang, dont you just hate when that happens?"

that smile on the engineers face in the suit just made my day , shes so proud of all the work and be able to show it.

BUT does it have the velcro pad for when you want to scratch your nose? Also I wonder how well those bearings deal with abrasive dust compared to the old bellows design. It's probably not as bad on Mars as it is on the moon, since wind erosion should knock the edges off those tiny particles, at least a little bit.

_I_ think the suit looks, frankly, adorable; the colour scheme reminds me of a late-model Kerbal spacesuit.

"Only had 50 years to make them better" Spacesuits are a perfect example of how thing don't just magically improve over time, now that we are finally pushing out into our solar system, we will see good improvements on suits.

Looking at these suits reminds me how far we have to go before we reach anything vaguely sci-fi-esque.

The female engineer is so cute in that suit. Looks like a marshmellow but a proud and happy one. Good for her.

I think Adam Savage will have at least two new suits to make. For those that don't know Savage is a HUGE space suit aficionado.

8:21 Ah, zero pre-breathing. I haven't heard that term for a long time. Isn't that basically to (vastly) reduce the amount of time that the astronaut needs to go through during the pre-breathing procedure before donning a spacesuit? If I recall correctly, astronauts need to pre-breathe for like 30-45 minutes before wearing most (conventional) space suits.

My first thought upon seeing the suit: HIP MOVEMENT NOW AVAILABLE!

😆 she's so cute grinning so hard, she's enjoying the shit out of demonstrating the suit.

My nose gets itchy just thinking about being in one of those suits

I adore that engineer smiling! She's loving life! 😍

“In the glorious heat of the freezing Martian day”

These runway models have unachievable bodies.

2:10 "and when it gets inflated the soft parts actually become hard and rigid because of the pressure inside".....not sure how you said that without snickering...

It’s ridiculous that people are bashing the suit it’s an incredible achievement

For those complaining about how she barely could walk and walk up the stairs, the Apollo astronauts had to skip and bounce on the moon.

Wait, no "Snoopy caps"? Then why even bother going to space....

Whatever she was breathing in there, I want it.

Oh yes, I've heard of that trick, leaving the suit on the airlock door and climbing in through the back. It's the space-catflap.

I don't know what everybody is on about. I think the Artemis suit looks kinda cool, it's got a bit of a mecha vibe.

I look at this, yet all I think is " _This looks like the aliens from the Fifth Element_ ". That and a little bit of Heinlein's design for the suits they wear in Starship Troopers.

The "Mom's Jeans" of space suits.

5:47 the suit on the left reminds me of the Big Daddy Bouncer from Bioshock, not the best thing that comes to mind when I think of "spacesuit"

My brain: alright you’re gonna meet new people tonight please don’t be awkward Me: 1:28