tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post7764950400302616795..comments2024-03-26T15:22:25.095-06:00Comments on The Earliad: Moon Buggy with AlphanEarl J. Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-74184430956325037092022-11-21T23:30:42.443-07:002022-11-21T23:30:42.443-07:00Man, that would be fun to drive around on The Moon...Man, that would be fun to drive around on The Moon, even if a nuclear accident blew it out of Earth's orbit back in 1999. <br /><br />I had it in my head that the spacesuits from 2001 and 1999 were a lot closer in design, but they aren't. Also, I always thought that both were a little goofy to look at (but comfortable enough for the actors who weren't putting on Apollo-Era bulk). Now I find out that the old 1970's-style EVA suits are considered too dangerous to wear and that the Artemis spacesuits are sleeker and more adaptable to human movement, not too far unlike those science fiction outfits.<br /><br />Geek Alert: I've discovered that there were only six spacesuits made for Space:1999. If more than six characters were depicted in them, the actors had to take turns wearing them onscreen. Victor Bergman's suit was the only one with a functional pocket. Helena Russell's suit was "worn" by a stripper who peeled it off piece by piece to pose nude in a 1977 edition of The Sun newspaper of London. Houston, we have lift-off! Jeff Shylukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915415377502782962noreply@blogger.com