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With the new ironman movie out the question remains, is Ironman Possible in real life?
Well it might be in the future, but is it possible with today's technology?
Lets take bits and pieces and try to put them together.
Near the end of the Avengers you saw that ironman propelled himself into outer space.
In this environment, he is up against all kind so of hazards such as radiation, temperatures
near 2k, the vacuum of space, and more.
His suit would need to regulate all these things.
Well, this is possible, but it is much bulkier than Ironman's suit.
But assuming we had lots of funding, it could be made smaller and more compact.
The main problem is that the suit's pieces fuse and unfuse without any apparent seal,
but there could be hidden seals which make it airtight, so the vacuum of space won't
affect him.
His suit is like a bugs exoskeleton.
It provides him protection, but also enhances his abilities.
This kind of technology is already in development for the military, so it is quite possible.
AlThough, I doubt it would look as good as Tony Stark's fashionable suit.
Another thing is those beams he shoots from his hands.
Quote from the marvel Wiki ""high density muon beam ... directed by magnets and focused
by electrostatic lenses.".
Muons are real, they are subatomic just like electrons and neutrons.
But, to generate this kind of blast, it would require an impractical amount of energy.
He flies using propulsion from his feet and hands.
This seems similar to the beams from his hand.
Again, this amount of energy is impractical.
But say it uses normal fuel or compressed air.
This would be a bit bulkier than his suit, but there are jetpacks that serve this function,
though not to the same extent.
In Iron Man 3, he experiments with a substance he puts into his bloodstream, so he can telepathically
control the suit.
This incorporates bionanotech, and long ranged communications.
It is probably possible to have long ranged communications, as the communication is not
complex, it's just "come attach to me".
But the bio part could be complicated.
We do have technology today that interacts with the nervous system, in the form of prosthetics.
But the real question is, would it be possible on the nanoscale?
The display inside his helmet.
This is quite possible, using projection technology and glass.
Google glass today probably uses a similar concept.
The missiles in his arm are also possible.
His arm technically should be a bit thicker, but you can cram missiles in there, and shoot
them.
They wouldn't be as powerful as shown due to space limitations, but they would roughly
have the same concept as normal missiles so it should work.
Now the big question.
Well, second biggest.
The arc reactor.
Would it work?
Well, it could be a miniature, self contained nuclear fusion reactor.
Not fission, but fusion.
This is much more powerful.
The only problem is the stability and cooling issues as well as all that radiation.
But since he is basically supported by technology, he could use a strong electromagnetic field
to divert the radiation.
And the suit could probably use a foreign liquid, which acts like a metal in which is
dissipates heat quickly.
Now is the biggie.
Will it work put together?
Yes, but sadly, not the way you think.
First off, the suit would be extremely bulky, think mini transformer.
This is because of the energy requirements and the storage for missiles.
Not to mention the pressure suit and jetpack capabilities.
So, short and sweet with no candy coating, sadly no.