Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo (The MIT Press)

A satisfactorily technical and somewhat philosophical look into why the Apollo spacesuits were the way they were (soft, not a hardshell), taking the reader from high-couture fashion to the complexity and messiness of biological systems, via systems architecture, beginnings of computers, synthetic materials, engineers vs. artisans and interchangeability vs. personalization - among many other things.Also, the book is gorgeously published, with a beautiful, tactile dust jacket and a great deal of perfectly reproduced photographs. Its weight, the type of paper it uses and the slightly-wider-than-usual format give a more than passing semblance to an art album.

I ordered this book in the hope of more photographic research on spacesuits and was disappointed in the lack of visuals. However, very informative and interesting information about the development of spacesuits.

Interesting view point, and a lot of nice photo! As an architectural design student, it does give me a lot of inspiration!

This was on his Wish List for Christmas - it got here in good time and he loved it. Thanks.