The Spacesuit of
Tomorrow
                         
Frank R. Paul's painting of astronauts during an EVA above Jupiter originally appeared in the magazine Science Fiction Plus. In The Complete Book of Outer Space, it is used to illustrate an article by Dr. Donald H. Menzel. The article explains some of the features
which fully functional spacesuits must have. In 1953, when the article was written, the closest thing to spacesuits like this were the pressure suits worn by jet pilots during high altitude test flights. (To see a color
reproduction of this painting, visit the "Spacesuits" section on the
home page of Dreams of Tomorrow.)

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