New Space Suits in the Offing

This article gives a very brief outline of research being conducted on a new style of space suit. The space suits used for the lunar missions had several problems, and one graduate student, Melissa Scott-Pandorf, seeks to rectify those issues. Mostly Scott-Pandorf seeks to improve the mobility of any future astronauts. This would include both more joint flexibility and better balance. How much she can improve on the old space suit is unknown, but she hopes to at least make falls less common than they were during the lunar mission. This research clearly shows that there is a good possibility that we may go back to the moon, because there is very little other application for this research. If we go back to the moon, maybe we really will send people to Mars. At the very least, Scott-Pandorf's research on better space suits will be waiting around for when we do go back into space.