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Topic: NASA xEMU and xEVAS spacesuit patches
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 48452
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-29-2019 03:34 PM
   
NASA is currently designing and developing a new spacesuit system, called the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit or xEMU, for use during Artemis missions at the Moon and adaptable for other destinations near and far.Graphics and photos released by NASA show a new patch has been designed for the xEMU.  
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Paul J. Brennan
Member Posts: 236
From: Linden, CA
Registered: May 2019
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posted 10-29-2019 03:50 PM
Interesting. A simple design, yet many elements are incorporated into it. |
p51
Member Posts: 1743
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 10-29-2019 06:18 PM
Meh. Not a fan. quote:
Originally posted by Paul J. Brennan:
A simple design, yet many elements are incorporated into it.
Yes, far too many elements.I recognize this type of design well, from my time doing such things for the military. I called it, "graphic design by committee" where several people demanded to include an element and they had to be dumped into the same space and the designer couldn't find a way to smoothly blend them in. |
Tallpaul
Member Posts: 211
From: Rocky Point, NY, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 10-29-2019 06:28 PM
My dad had a favorite expression about committees. "A camel is a horse designed by a committee." |
Paul J. Brennan
Member Posts: 236
From: Linden, CA
Registered: May 2019
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posted 10-29-2019 08:25 PM
Good points p51. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 48452
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-01-2022 03:39 PM
Axiom Space is one of two companies that NASA has contracted to provide next generation spacesuit and spacewalk systems under the agency's Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) contract. The Houston-based company has designed a patch to represent its Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU). Our blue star represents Ed White, the first American to perform an EVA. The red star represents Alexie Leonov, the first person to conduct a spacewalk. Each white star represents our AxEMU sub-system team. The gray path illustrates our continuous improvement in engineering design. The orange streak represents leveraging commercial EVA services for NASA's exploration missions.  |
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