Billionaire businessman Elon Musk took to Instagram Wednesday morning to reveal the first photo of the SpaceX spacesuit.
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Musk said that the simplistic spacesuit has already been tested with “double vacuum pressure,” and it’s not just a “mockup.” He promised more details on the suit in the coming days.
“Was incredibly hard to balance esthetics and function,” he wrote in the photo’s caption. “Easy to do either separately.”
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Musk hinted about photos of the spacesuit in a tweet Saturday, noting that it was developed for NASA’s commercial crew program and was undergoing mobility and safety tests.
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SpaceX, a company that “manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft,” has pledged to begin sending astronauts to the International Space Station by mid-2018.
The aerospace company was founded by Musk, who also owns the electric car company, Tesla, in 2002 in an effort to revolutionize the space industry.
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