Why does it look so similar to Buzz Lightyear's suit? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Lightyear
StWils
When designing stuff there are really only just so many cool looks possible and PIXAR animation got there first with Buzz.
John Hagen-Brenner
Pixar got it right? Sure looks a lot like the Russian EVA suits. I'm sure there are some nice upgrades from that design, though.
Gargamoth
looking at the color scheme, I'm thining Buzz lightyear.
Gadgeteer
The suitport access in the back reminds me of the isolation suits in the Wildfire ward in the original "The Andromeda Strain" movie. Those were accessed by climbing through a tunnel in the back.
Slowburn
Hopefully for freefall work you will be able to replace the legs with a joint free canister with a few foot controls.
Richard Morgan
Nice. But I feel like I have seen the design before, if only in movies. Not that those suits were any more than costumes, but the concept is sound. It's strange that the most innovative part of the suit is the docking mechanism on the back, but the photographs don't show the back. I do see once very good part of the design, dust. The moon dust is horribly abrasive and any way to keep it out of the spacecraft makes life far more pleasant for the astronauts. Having the suit outside of the module, they have next to no chance of any debris entering the spacecraft.
Jay Penney
It looks like a new Russian Space suit...
Does this mean NASA has figured out that they should use pencils as well?
Montana Harkin
Amazingly, the photos of the suit also look 20 years old.