back to article Neil Armstrong's MOON spacesuit: One small donation from you - one giant leap for Mankind

The Smithsonian Institution has launched a bold attempt to raise $500,000 from the public so that it can exhibit the historic spacesuit worn by Neil Armstrong for the first landing on the Moon. The Washington DC organization marked the 46th anniversary of Apollo 11's touchdown on the Moon by creating a Kickstarter campaign to …

  1. Haku
    Trollface

    $500,000?

    That's quite a lot of money for a basic green screen setup...

    1. Mark 85
      Devil

      Re: $500,000?

      Have downvote for not researching this.... it would have been a blue screen since back then it was film. Green didn't come into use until digital video cameras. Kids.... sheesh....

      1. Haku

        Re: $500,000?

        FFS it was a JOKE, no need to be such a pedantic dick about it.

        1. x 7

          Re: $500,000?

          Poe's law kicks in

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

          next time use a smiley as the thick b*****s won't understand otherwise

          having said that, you could argue you've achieved a nice troll, even if it was inadvertent

  2. Mage Silver badge
    Paris Hilton

    $500,000

    To exhibit an existing 50 year old (approx) space suit?

    Seems rather expensive. Can someone explain to me why it costs so much? Like with comparisons to Mediaeval armour, WW II pilot's suit, Victorian brass helmet diving suit etc.

    1. Mark 85

      Re: $500,000

      Apparently, it's not a durable as a suit of armour, etc. Plus there's a 3-D digitization involved and the display itself which needs to be fully climate controlled. The Kickstarter page explains all this.

      1. jason 7

        Re: $500,000

        Yeah lots or perishable plastic and rubber I bet that air pollution/UV (prolonged exposure) would have a great time degrading.

  3. x 7

    The BBC are still using in "Dr Who" the suits that were originally made by Kubrick for the crewmen of Discovery One, so they can't be all that difficult to maintain.

    Maybe the Smiithsonian should give the suit to the BBC? It would look good in the TARDIS

    1. TheProf
      Headmaster

      "The BBC are still using........."

      Stop being silly.

      1. x 7

        Seriously....the BBC are still using for "Dr Who" the Bowman / Poole suits from 2001

        Watch "2001" and then watch "The Waters of Mars". Spot the difference - or lack of,

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Cost

    It costs a lot of money as the only suitable dry cleaners is on the Moon.

  5. Winkypop Silver badge
    Happy

    Possibly mankind's most important piece of clothing?

    From possibly our most significant achievement.

    What's half a mill?

    A day's use of Air-force One?

    1. smartypants

      Re: Possibly mankind's most important piece of clothing?

      Surely pants are more important.

      They stop, or limit, the deposits of bodily oozings in public places,and for that we must all be thankful on a daily basis.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Possibly mankind's most important piece of clothing?

        Piece not type

    2. dotdavid

      Re: Possibly mankind's most important piece of clothing?

      My vote would be for the humble towel. It's about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. I bet even Neil Armstrong had one.

  6. Dana W

    Oh nostalgia, back when we had a space program........

  7. Peter Simpson 1
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    46th anniversary

    I've chucked in a donation. It's a shame they need to beg, but having the first suit on the moon on display would be a good thing. If we can't get approval for the LOHAN flight from the FAA, maybe we can get Neil Armstrong's space suit on display.

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