• Media type: Book
  • Title: Spacesuit : fashioning Apollo
  • Contains: Space/suit -- The new look -- The new look in defense planning -- Flight and suits -- Cyborg -- Flight suit to space suit -- Man in space -- Bras and the battlefield -- JFK -- Contractual physiology -- Simulation -- The moon suit plays football -- Handmade -- Hard suit 1 -- "We've got a signal!" -- Hard suit 2 -- Control space -- Cities and cyborgs -- 21 layers.
  • Contributor: De Monchaux, Nicholas [Author]
  • imprint: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]: MIT Press, 2011
  • Extent: XIII, 364 S.; zahlr. Ill; 23 cm
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 026201520X; 9780262015202
  • RVK notation: ZO 8050 : Geschichte der Weltraumfahrt und Raketentechnik
    ZO 8650 : Raumfahrtsysteme, Bemannte Raumfahrt
  • Keywords: USA > Bemannte Raumfahrt > Raumanzug > Design
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: Chronicles the creation of the Apollo 11 spacesuits worn by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, which were designed by the women's undergarment-maker Playtex and consisted of 21 specialized layers, in a book that includes 140 full-color illustrations

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