Post #857960

2026-03-30 07:35 UTC

In the 1930s, the British Interplanetary Society developed the world&#39;s first space suit. This is a replica of what would have been a functional suit (as best the science of the day could predict), not a fanciful costume. People, we could have had moon knights.

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@suearcher@toot.wales 2026-03-30 08:00

@si_fuller Excellent also, that he's carrying a shooting stick, for a nice sit down when he's tired.

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@stuartl@mastodon.longlandclan.id.au 2026-03-30 08:26

@si_fuller Moon-knighting as astronauts.

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@Quantensalat@scicomm.xyz 2026-03-30 08:33

@si_fuller cylon detector goes brrr

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@toxy@mastodon.acc.sunet.se 2026-03-30 08:54

@si_fuller Very 80s era Cylon.

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@pauldrye@spacey.space 2026-03-30 13:54

@si_fuller See also Alexander Leydenfrost's illustration for "Next Stop The Moon" in Collier's magazine, Sept 7, 1946

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@UlrikNyman@mastodon.social 2026-03-30 14:05

@si_fuller @tomscott video from 2021 about the British space suit. https://youtu.be/jYgiV4Iz7I0?si=yhMbulBVRoGHCzV-

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@projektmyra@rollenspiel.social 2026-03-31 19:11

@si_fuller #Cybermen

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@Bin@tuiter.rocks 2026-04-01 06:56

@si_fuller The world's SECOND space suit, that was the first: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratonautical_space_suit

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@nyrath@spacey.space 2026-04-01 11:13

@si_fuller Yes, Space Knights. NASA was also looking into that. Read about King Henry's space suit https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacesuits.php#henrysuit

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@nyrath@spacey.space 2026-04-01 11:22

@si_fuller

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@spacelizard@aus.social 2026-04-01 12:56

@si_fuller I've seen that mock-up in person! It's at the UK National Space Centre, in Leicester. It is very cool.

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