SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE, THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM GETTING RESULTS.
>> JULIE: RIGHT NOW. NASA IS
PREPARING TO SEND ASTRONAUTS
BACK TO THE MOON FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN DECADES. SO EXCITING
THEY ARE SHOOTING FOR A LUNAR
LANDING WITHIN THE NEXT 3
YEARS. SCIENTISTS HAVE ALREADY
PUT A LOT OF TIME AND THOUGHT
INTO THE MISSION LIKE THE
TRANSPORTATION AND EVEN THE
ORBITAL OUTFIT IS THE CURRENT
CHAIR FOR MOONWALKING NEEDS AN
UPGRADE NEWS. 6 DIGITAL
JOURNALIST EMILEE SPECK TALK
ABOUT THE SPACESUITS ON THE
LATEST PODCAST EPISODE OF
SPACE CURIOUS. SHE JOINS US
NOW. GOOD MORNING. EMILY.
>> JULIE: FIRST OF ALL, WHY
DID THESE OUT THIS NEED AN
UPGRADE.
>> WELL, 50 YEARS IS A LONG
TIME TO NOT AND SUITS RAIN. SO
IT’S BEEN IT’S BEEN ABOUT 50
YEARS SINCE WE’VE MEN WALKING
ON THE MOON AND WE’RE GOING TO
DO IT AGAIN IN 3 YEARS. SO WE
NEED SOME NEW GEAR.
>> BRIDGETT: WHO ARE SOME OF
THE EXPERTS THAT YOU TALKED
TO. WE LOVE ALL THE DIFFERENT
PEOPLE THAT YOU’RE ABLE TO
FIND. YOU JUST GAVE US A LIKE
TRAINING LESSON FOR. THE
NEWSROOM ON HOW TO FIND THESE
PEOPLE. I THOUGHT IT WAS
SAYING, RIGHT. SO THE ONE OF
THE FIRST ACTOR TO I KNEW
THAT. I WANTED TO TALK TO
DOCTOR COBB YOUNG MAN SHE IS
AN EXPERT ON MOON DUST. SHE
GOT HER PHD AND KIND OF
SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF PESKY
MOON. DUST.
>> SHE NOW WORKS FOR NASA
SPACE SCIENTIST AND SHE’S
PLANNING SPACE WALKS ON THE
MOON. THE NEXT PEOPLE TO WALK
ON THE MOON TO SHE WAS GREAT
TO TALK TO MY NEXT EXPERT WAS
RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT DAN
BURBANK. HE NOW WORKS FOR
COLLINS. AEROSPACE SPACE
FELLOW AND COLLINS AEROSPACE
THEIR PREDECESSOR ACTUALLY
DEVELOPED THE LAST MOON SUITS.
SO NOW HE’S PLAYING A BIG ROLE
IN THAT AND HE’S MORE TO SPACE
IT BEFORE. SO HE KNOWS A LOT
ABOUT IT.
>> CANDACE: I MEAN IT WHEN
YOU’RE BUILDING THESE, YOU
KNOW, IN ITSELF IS SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS ALMOST. I MEAN,
WHAT ARE SOME OF CHALLENGES
THAT DEVELOPERS ARE STARTING
TO FACE. RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW,
THIS TIME AROUND WE’VE BEEN
THERE BEFORE. SO WE HAVE A LOT
OF DATA. WE HAVE A LOT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT
TAKES TO WALK ON THE MOON.
WHAT IT TAKES TO WEAR A
SPACESUIT. BUT SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES ARE BASICALLY
MOBILITY. YOU KNOW, THIS TIME
WE WANT TO GO TO THE MOON AND
WE WANT TO STAY AND WE WANT
THESE ASTRONAUTS TO BE ABLE TO
BASICALLY THE LUNAR GEOLOGIST.
THEY’RE GOING TO COLLECT ROCKS
AND DIRT AND SAMPLES. AND
WE’LL HAVE A BASE THERE. SO
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO BEND
OVER AND STAND UP AND KIND OF
DO THINGS THAT WE DO HERE ON
EARTH LIKE THAT. GEOLOGISTS
ARE ARCHAEOLOGIST. BUT DO HERE
ON EARTH. SO MOBILITY IS THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE AFTER THAT.
IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE MOON
DUST, WHICH IS PRETTY PESKY.
>> JULIE: AND THERE ARE
DIFFERENT SPACES FOR DIFFERENT
ACTIVITIES. SO WHAT ALL KINDS
OF WHAT MORE DRUG THAT THEY
RIGHT. SO DOCTOR DOCTOR MAN, A
MAN WHO WAS TELLING ME THAT
BASICALLY SPACESUITS ARE LIKE
OUTFITS HERE ON EARTH. WE HAVE
DIFFERENT OUTFITS FOR
DIFFERENT THINGS. JUST LIKE IN
SPACE.
>> CANDACE: YOU KNOW THAT
RIGHT NOW YOU’RE SEEING IS A
PLANETARY SPACE SUITS. SO THIS
WAS OUR LAST MOON SUIT AND NOW
YOU’RE SEEING SOMETHING. THIS
IS WHAT’S CALLED AN EMU. THIS
IS A MICROGRAVITY SPACE THAT’S
WHAT THEY USE OUTSIDE THE
SPACE STATION AND THEN WE HAVE
WHAT THE ENTRY AND DESCENT
SPACESUIT. SO YOU’RE SEEING
SOME PICTURES NOW OF BOEING
AND SPACE X THEY’VE DEVELOP
SOME ENTRY AND DESCENT FLIGHT
SUITS. BASICALLY THOSE ARE
THINGS THAT WOULD KEEP THEM
ALIVE IF THE SPACECRAFT WERE
TO BE PRESSURE EYES SOMETHING
LIKE THAT. BUT IT’S NOT LIKE A
STANDARD. MANY SPACECRAFT LIKE
THE MICROGRAVITY SUITS. SO THE
SPACE IS THAT YOU’RE ALL
REMEMBERING FROM THE LAST TIME
THAT HUMANS WERE ON THE MOON.
I’M THINKING ABOUT ALL THE
THINGS THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO
RECYCLE WITH THE ROCKET ABLE
TO RECYCLE ANYTHING FROM THOSE
OLD SPACES OR REUSE ANYTHING.
WELL, THE BIGGEST THING THAT
THE RECYCLING IS JUST THE
KNOWLEDGE AND THE DATA THAT WE
HAVE FROM THE SPACESUIT. YOU
KNOW, THOSE SPACES, THE APOLLO
SUITS WERE HAND SEWN AND HAVE
LAYERS AND LAYERS OF FABRIC.
SO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH
THOSE SPACESUITS IS A LOT OF
THEM ARE ARE SAVED AND THEY
WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEM AND
SEE KIND OF HOW THEY HELD UP.
AND IN THE LUNAR ENVIRONMENT
SO THAT WAS VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT. GOING FORWARD.
THAT’S THAT’S AMAZING DATA TO
HAVE. AND SO WHEN THEY HAD TO
MARS WILL BE ANY DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SPACESUITS OR WILL
SOME OF THIS WORK AS WELL.
>> CANDACE: RIGHT. SO RETIRED
NASA ASTRONAUT DAN BURBANK WAS
BASICALLY TELLING ME THAT THE
MOON IS GOING TO BE THE
PROVING GROUND FOR THE SPACE
SUITS FOR MARS. WE WILL NEED
DIFFERENT MARTIAN SPACESUITS
BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT IN
ENVIRONMENT ENTIRELY. BUT THIS
WILL BE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY
WHERE HUMANS WILL LIVE OFF THE
LAND. GET OUT. SO TO SAY, BUT
ON MOON AND WE WANT TO DO THAT
ON MARS BECAUSE OF THE MOST
EXPENSIVE THING OF SPACE
FLIGHT IS GETTING RESOURCES
OFF EARTH OFF THE PLANET. SO
HOPEFULLY THE MOON WILL BE A
PROVING GROUND FOR MARS AND
WE’LL SEE THAT. BUT WE SHOULD
HAVE DIFFERENT SPACES. THEY
MIGHT LOOK KIND OF SIMILAR,
BUT THEY’RE GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT. LIFE SUPPORT
SYSTEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT
EXCITING AND EMILY, YOU HAVE A
WE HAVE A POLL GOING ON RIGHT
NOW ON CLICK ORLANDO, DOT COM
CAN GIVE A GREAT IDEA OF
YOU’RE TRYING FIGURE OUT
RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW YOU CAN GO
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SO I’M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE
GET TO DO ABOUT IT. WE GET
TONS OF QUESTIONS AND
SOMETIMES IT’S HARD TO DECIDE.
SO THIS IS JUST A GREAT WAY TO
TO LET YOU THE VIEWER AND
LISTENER HELP ME DETERMINE
WHAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
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YOU SO MUCH. OUR SPACE EXPERT
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