What can Orange do for You?

[hunterhalo2]

LELAND MELVIN! FUCK YEA!

[thewebmaster93]

how come the german guy has eyeglasses? can you be nearsighted?

[iMensah81]

@thewebmaster93 If you haven't found the answer to this yet, you can be near or far-sighted as long as you can correct back to 20/20. At least this is my understanding. You can google US astronaut vision requirements.

[Regislovato]

That's ironic. I have a UPS shirt that's in blaze orange.

-Reggie, UPS NM Gateway, ABQ

[chris7777777777777]

I love you guys. awesome stuff.

[shuttlemasterbkg]

The Launch/Entry suits are supplied by the Dave Clark Company. These are pressure suits whose primary purpose is to protect the crew in case there a loss of cabin pressure at liftoff.

[XxnesiexX]

why are they orange?

can't they just be any colour?

but then it's NASA thee worlds mosty fameous organisation for using rockets in the name of science so there has to be a reason

[Hickeydog2365]

@XxnesiexX

They're orange because that makes them highly visible. In case of a bailout, NASA wants to make sure that they can find the astronauts.

[axeron]

for better identification in case of emergency case and recovery AFAIK.

[designcanada]

why are astronauts suits orange anyway?

[drsheikhjunior]

its for withstanding the G's during liftoff and reentry