Spacesuit
Subtitle: fashioning Apollo
By: Nicholas de Monchaux
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780262015202
Subjects: Fashion; Modern Architecture; Municipal Art; Space suits; Manned space flight; Project Apollo (U.S.); Public opinion; Technology; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Space/suit; title: The new look; title: The new look in defense planning; title: Flight and suits; title: Cyborg; title: Flight suit to space suit; title: Man in space; title: Bras and the battlefield; title: JFK; title: Contractual physiology; title: Simulation; title: The moon suit plays football; title: Handmade; title: Hard suit 1; title: "We've got a signal!"; title: Hard suit 2; title: Control space; title: Cities and cyborgs; title: 21 layers.