Sorry for the infrequent posts here guys, my last exam is tomorrow so hopefully the frequency of posts will start going up again then.

In the meantime, i just wanted to draw your attention to a press-release from NASA where they are announcing that they have given out a deal to a contractor to develop a new space-suit by 2015. This is set to coincide with the return to the moon, so the spacesuit is required to be able to function both for space-walks at the international space station, as well as being suited for multiple moonwalks without needing much maintenance. Now the really cool thing about this, is that i had no idea they were actually planning a 6 month trip to the moon! I knew they were set to return, but not for such an extended period of time. To quote the article:

The suit will need to cope with a large number of moonwalks with minimal maintenance during the planned six-month lunar outpost expeditions.

Well this probably isn’t mind-blowing to many of you, as I’m positive this is very old news (it’s after all been a while since they announced they’d return to the moon), but somehow it completely escaped me. I can highly recommend reading the press-release, it’s quite well written and informative.