Friday 28 May 2021

In 1949, the British Interplanetary Society designed a far-out spacesuit. Recently, a museum had it made for real.

In the 1940s, the British Interplanetary Society—a fantastic club of space geeks that included Arthur C. Clarke—drafted up detailed plans for space missions of all kinds, including a trip to the moon. After World War II ended, BIS member Harry Ross pushed ahead on a lunar spacesuit design and drafted artist Ralph Smith to create fantastic illustrations of concept. — Read the rest