# Have Spacesuit, Will Travel... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 21, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-spacesuit-will-travel/150085 "2003-01-21T23:23:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-spacesuit-will-travel/150085/1 "2003-01-21T23:23:53Z")
I would like to build a full sized, wearable replica of an Apollo moonsuit. Of course, it doesn’t have to be vacuum rated, just good enough to fool the eye. Are there any dopers who have tried such a thing? Construction tips? Links? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-spacesuit-will-travel/150085/2 "2003-01-21T23:30:02Z")
[You can buy one here.](http://www.spacesuit.net/) ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-spacesuit-will-travel/150085/3 "2003-01-22T04:37:18Z")
Great site, and I may use it for accessories, but as a hobby, I’d rather build the suit myself. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-spacesuit-will-travel/150085/4 "2003-01-22T04:48:44Z")
Go for it. There’s great satisfaction to be had from doing it yourself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-spacesuit-will-travel/150085/5 "2003-01-22T05:05:48Z")
While I don’t think that these sites will have exactly what you need, they do have some links on them that might be of use to you: > **[John Duncan](https://www.apollosaturn.com)** > > Powered by SmugMug [http://www.realspacemodels.com/index.htm](http://www.realspacemodels.com/index.htm) [http://astronautix.com/](http://astronautix.com/) You might also try talking to these folks: [http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/garber/Garber.html](http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/garber/Garber.html) [http://www.nasm.si.edu/](http://www.nasm.si.edu/) You could also talk to the folks at Goodyear, since they’re the ones that built 'em to begin with. I believe NASA even published a book on the space suits, which was filled with photos and drawings. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-spacesuit-will-travel/150085/6 "2003-01-22T06:11:22Z")
But if you hear any radio calls from “Peewee to Junebug” while wearing it … **don’t answer**!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-spacesuit-will-travel/150085/7 "2003-01-22T06:58:12Z")
That was my immediate thought, **Polycarp** , on reading the OP. But I sure would like to meet the Mother Thing…without even having to sell all that soap. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-spacesuit-will-travel/150085/8 "2003-01-22T09:26:32Z")
Thank you, **Polycarp**.