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Re:New Spacesuit Unveiled for Starliner Astronauts by Luc on Thursday January 26, 2017 @07:31AM (#13490775)
> In which case the zipper is definitely in the least practical place.

Argh! How would we even know it's in the least practical place? Is it because you don't put on your coat that way?

These things are not designed with the same constraints. Getting into a space suit is a slow deliberate process, with people there to help.

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Re:New Spacesuit Unveiled for Starliner Astronauts by TheSpiceIsLife on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:14PM (#13494868)
I can think of at least one edge case where things might be different.

Emergency re-entry, time to put on your suit, but everyone else is dead.

But anyway, I'm just saying it would be interesting to know why certain design decisions were made, what trade-offs were considered, requirement constraints.

Saying something like you reckon they didn't think of that doesn't add to the conversation.

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