Space Suits from Sci-Fi Past

AMC's SciFi Scanner blog points out this awesome collection of space suit designs from science-fiction of olde (and a few from some research projects, too). It's the kind of page stuffed with so many great images I wish I could show you them all. Fortunately, blogs now support "linking elsewhere."

Since I had to pick just one suit, though, this amazing modern rendition by Earl Oliver Hurst from an unknown context makes my baffles undulate.

Atomic Rocket: Space Suits [ProjectRho.com via SciFi Scanner]

[#1 posted by Charlie , August 29, 2007 2:58 PM]

My favorite is this one-armed emergency pressure suit I posed a while back:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/18/heres-what-well-wear-in-space/

[#2 posted by Dave Bullock (eecue) , August 29, 2007 3:22 PM]

Am I the only one who thinks a sharp pointy hook appendage on a space suit is a bad idea?

[#3 posted by scaught , August 29, 2007 4:49 PM]

I don't know, man. I saw "sunshine" and am still wondering about that shit.

[#4 posted by Stefan Jones , August 29, 2007 10:07 PM]

The entire "Atomic Rockets" site is a treasure. Lots of great instructional material; I just hope the copyright cops never give him grief.

The author -- Winchell Chung -- was a high school kid when he did the illustrations for Steve Jackson Games' "OGRE" game.