Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
With SpaceOne making an organised and serious effort to put a short-lived human colony on Mars within the next ten years-or-so, the question will arise – of how the volunteers could clothe themselves. When in their ship or surface-dwellings, and perhaps when acclimatised to the Martian atmosphere and weather conditions, they'll surely be able to remove their protective clothing, at least from time-to-time. And it's natural that they'll try to keep warm, look good, feel comfortable, &c. Therefore, the matter of which few items of clothing or parphernalia each comes to choose or is constrained to take with them must be open to (our?) suggestions http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/17/te...one-final-100/
With SpaceOne making an organised and serious effort to put a short-lived human colony on Mars within the next ten years-or-so, the question will arise – of how the volunteers could clothe themselves. When in their ship or surface-dwellings, and perhaps when acclimatised to the Martian atmosphere and weather conditions, they'll surely be able to remove their protective clothing, at least from time-to-time. And it's natural that they'll try to keep warm, look good, feel comfortable, &c. Therefore, the matter of which few items of clothing or parphernalia each comes to choose or is constrained to take with them must be open to (our?) suggestions Mars One: 'We're all going to die, but it's important what you do before you die' - CNN.com
Space Underwear, of course. Space Longjohns for those chilly nights.
And that underwear should better be complete and kept thoroughly clean. Even though unlikely, it just could come to be –
that one is abducted by the aliens. And one wouldn't wish to get embarrassed under such circumstances, would one?
But in some parts of the Solar-system, let alone the galaxy or cosmos,
your nakedness, `underneath´ or otherwise, could constitute an arrestable offence
Heinlein, who wrote in practical human terms, dressed them in coveralls and sometimes uniforms. In space you'd be part of something organized which would provide practical clothes.
And mail-order facilities, such as those from Altrec or L L Bean, would be impossibly slow, no?
And so which items of clothing these astronauts come to take with them may be crucial to the mission
And that underwear should better be complete and kept thoroughly clean. Even though unlikely, it just could come to be –
that one is abducted by the aliens. And one wouldn't wish to get embarrassed under such circumstances, would one?
Riiiight. Or what if you crashed the LEM and had to be taken to the Space Hospital, and your underwear were dirty?
Levity is all very well, but isn't the outcome of the mission that that calls for more seriousness? After all, though travelling beyond Earth's field will free its members from some of the effects of gravity, it won't, from momentum, which, in some directions may seem greater without its drag. In other words, underwear may have to undergo a fundamental re-design to accommodate such conditions. Brassières and men's underpants, in particular, may come to be constructed so as to subdue or absorb the forces that would swiftly build-up that could cause a spacepersons's wobbly parts to slush about or swing uncontrollably. This is a serious matter
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
