One of the many challenges to sending humans to Mars is compensating for the lack of atmosphere. Typically space suits have been large, bulky, gas-permiated space suits built to handle dead space however a designer at MIT has developed a lightweight version that would make life on Mars much more liveable. "Navigating Mars in a bulky 300-pound setup would be like doing gymnastics in a suit of armor".
Inspired by Giraffes, aeronautics professor Dava Newman saught to encorporate their use of tight skin to the body to maintain healthy blood pressure while protecting the body from the lack of atmosphere.
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