NASA’s current space suit program is being held up on delays and will cost the agency over $1-billion. Today, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his company can help make their next-generation space suits for less, as they have already been used by astronauts who launched into orbit in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. Unfortunately, this means that having astronauts land on the Moon by 2024 isn’t possible due to these significant delays in developing spacesuits. Read more for a video and additional information.
Why do these delays exist? Well, one main hindering fact is that NASA is using 27 different companies to supply various components for their suits, and due to the pandemic impacts as well as technical challenges, things got held up to say the least. Astronauts currently use Extravehicular Mobility Units, or EMUs, designed 45-years-ago for the Space Shuttle Program, relying on small design changes as well as refurbishments for extravehicular activities on the ISS.
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SpaceX could do it if need be
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 10, 2021
