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“When they saw me in my spacesuit... they started to back away in fear. I told them, ‘Don't be afraid; I am a Soviet like you.’”—Yuri Gagarin, first man in space
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My eye was caught recently by a gossipy article concerning NASA’s suit situation. Spacesuits, that is, not the standard-issue coat and trousers worn by many earthbound employees at the agency. It seems its Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a thumbs down following a spacesuit audit, warning that NASA was “years away” from having any mission-ready outfits for a couple of pending deep-space projects.
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Nothing like opening the closet and seeing a conspicuous gap where your extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) should be hanging. The OIG’s report puts an orbital spin on the old lament, “But I have nothing to wear.”
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