[HN Gopher] ESA - Space Suit Design Competition
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ESA - Space Suit Design Competition
Author : belter
Score : 40 points
Date : 2023-02-03 19:31 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| 082349872349872 wrote:
| [flagged]
| kaiken1987 wrote:
| Just one word: capes. I think they'd look cool in microgravity.
| Has anyone ever worn a cape in microgravity?
| EForEndeavour wrote:
| Without atmosphere, capes wouldn't billow aesthetically. I'm
| not sure what they'd end up looking like, but I imagine they'd
| awkwardly just sort of hang there at a weird angle, and swing
| with the wearer's rotational movements like a flexible
| pendulum, getting in the way while looking dorky.
| [deleted]
| causality0 wrote:
| Perhaps this is a bit childish, but I can't help laughing at the
| lazy pasting of the ESA logo on top of the suits in the drawings
| with no attempt to match art style or lighting. Feels like I'm
| shopping on AliExpress.
| moffkalast wrote:
| That second one looks a bit sus. Do they come in red?
| qwertox wrote:
| > ESA employees, ESA associated members and jury members are
| prohibited from entering the competition
|
| Why would one want to exclude them? Maybe one of them has a
| pretty good idea because the environment makes him/her think a
| lot about it, for years.
|
| I know it may be due to some rules which are typical when there's
| some prize to win like when collecting some supermarket points or
| whatever, but in this case? There's more to win for ESA than just
| a good design.
| shagie wrote:
| Your ideas will be evaluated according to the follow evaluation
| criteria: Representation of the European identity
| - both visually and within the accompanying text
| Creative but realistic Quality of the image
| Innovative, inspiring design
|
| This isn't about the engineering design of the space suit.
| krisoft wrote:
| There can be many reason.
|
| Because this is outreach. The goal is not to get space suit
| designs. The goal is to put the name and existence of the
| organisation into the head of as many people as possible.
|
| To avoid collusion, or the perception of collusion.
|
| You already paid for the ideas of your own employees. You don't
| want to pay twice or have the appearance of paying twice.
| browningstreet wrote:
| maybe the contest isn't really about space suit designs
| nynx wrote:
| Mechanical counter pressure suits pls!
| 908B64B197 wrote:
| > We are looking for an EVA suit design presented in A3 format,
| with an accompanying text of up to 400 words explaining how your
| design represents European identity.
|
| What is this European Identity? I was under the impression this
| was a technical contest but I suppose they will simply customize
| the branding on the American made and engineered EVA suits?
|
| > Proposals have to be submitted in English
|
| Ironic to impose a non-European language for this contest.
| krisoft wrote:
| > I was under the impression this was a technical contest
|
| What gave you that impression? The big bold "Remember, this
| competition places the emphasis on the look of the space suit
| rather than the technical elements" text?
| timeon wrote:
| > Ironic to impose a non-European language for this contest.
|
| How is English non-European?
|
| Indo-European -> West Germanic -> Anglo-Frisian -> English
| eddsh1994 wrote:
| English, French, and German are the three working languages of
| the EU. Many non-UK tech companies use English as their working
| language like in Sweden. Regardless of this, the UK is a member
| of the ESA working group.
| flohofwoe wrote:
| ESA, EU and Europe are all different things. The UK left the
| EU, but they are still ESA member. And unless they declare
| their island as its own continent, they also remain a part of
| Europe ;)
| pavlov wrote:
| English is an official language in two EU member states, Malta
| and Ireland. It's also the primary working language of science
| in the world.
| johnwalkr wrote:
| Four member states by my count: Canada and UK too! If you
| count "full" members I think just the UK counts.
| Y_Y wrote:
| If you think the UK is still in the EU then I have some bad
| news for you
| Alupis wrote:
| Bad news? From an outsider looking in, all the hullabaloo
| and doomsday talk seems to have not become reality. What
| was actually bad about leaving, other than the optics of
| it at the time?
| 082349872349872 wrote:
| > _Ironic to impose a non-European language for this contest._
|
| Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, that's grand.
|
| (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English has 5+ million
| L1 speakers)
| VWWHFSfQ wrote:
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| capableweb wrote:
| https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Pr...
|
| Last launch: 21 December, 2022
| eddsh1994 wrote:
| ESA have their own astronauts, one of whom is due to be the
| first captain of a US spacecraft next year (the rest join Soyuz
| missions normally). In terms of launches, ESA's first launch
| was Ariane 1 in 1979.
| pavlov wrote:
| All right, but apart from the astronauts, the rocket
| launches, the deep space probes, the Mars orbiter and
| Spacelab, what have the Europeans ever done for us in space?
| eddsh1994 wrote:
| Hahaha I've received this reply twice in a fortnight -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34482179
| blamazon wrote:
| To answer your question 'has ESA launched anything to space'
| literally:
|
| Ever heard of the James Webb Space Telescope? Many consider it
| the most expensive, most complicated, most important single
| object launched into space.
|
| It was launched to space aboard the 256th Ariane launch from
| French Guiana and the launch "was described by NASA as
| "flawless" and "perfect".
|
| [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_flight_VA256
| burkaman wrote:
| They have been launching things into space for about 45 years.
| lagrange77 wrote:
| They should exclude ML generated images in the submission
| requirements.
| [deleted]
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