Girdling the Earth 0
U. S. space suits come from Delaware. So do I. I’ve actually driven by the factory a few times. It’s a small building on a back road surrounded by farmland.
Space suits are also descended from ladies’ underwear (emphasis added):
For NASA’s first trip to the moon, the high-tech suits worn by Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael Collins had their roots in bras and girdles.
ILC Dover began as part of International Latex Corp. — later known as Playtex — when the company spun off a division in 1947 that made products such as life vests and rafts for the military.
(Also posted, with slight changes, at Geekazine; I don’t usually duplicate posts, but this was too good to pass up. Cross your heart.)
