Title:
Spacesuit : fashioning Apollo
Author:
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.
Physical Description:
xiii, 364 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780262015202
Abstract:
Chronicles the creation of the Apollo 11 spacesuits worn by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, which were designed by the women's undergarment-maker Playtex and consisted of 21 specialized layers, in a book that includes 140 full-color illustrations.
Contents:
Space/suit -- The new look -- The new look in defense planning -- Flight and suits -- Cyborg -- Flight suit to space suit -- Man in space -- Bras and the battlefield -- JFK -- Contractual physiology -- Simulation -- The moon suit plays football -- Handmade -- Hard suit 1 -- "We've got a signal!" -- Hard suit 2 -- Control space -- Cities and cyborgs -- 21 layers.
Corporate Subject:
Language:
English
