NASA Mandates Pressurized Spacesuits for Commercial Crew Fliers

摘要

The three companies developing space taxies to fly NASA astronauts-and potentially privately paying customers -to the international space station will be required to provide pressurized spacesuits for the pilots and passengers. "It's a NASA requirement, but we also think it's a good insurance policy for safety," said Garrett Reis-man, a former astronaut now serving as commercial crew project manager for Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif.