# Spend $12K and Look Stupid **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-12k-and-look-stupid/277280 "2004-11-30T04:16:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-12k-and-look-stupid/277280/1 "2004-11-30T04:16:12Z")
Okay, I’m as big a space geek as anybody else, but [this replica space suit](http://www.countdowncreations.com/walk_around_replica_emu_spacesuit_3.htm) just looks stupid to me. It kinda, sorta looks like the real thing, but not really. I mean, if I had $12K that I could afford to blow on something, it sure as shit wouldn’t be this. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-12k-and-look-stupid/277280/2 "2004-11-30T04:24:31Z")
But if you bought one, you could get business cards that said - **Have Space Suit - Will Travel** \* Think of the possibilities 😃 \*Apologies to Robert Heinlein. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-12k-and-look-stupid/277280/3 "2004-11-30T04:36:57Z")
IIRC, the guy that made that suggestion in the book of the same name ended up wearing a milkshake. :wally (Besides Kip’s (IIRTCNC [If I Recall The Character’s Name Correctly]) was a _real_ working spacesuit, manufactured by the Goodyear corporation, which had seen use in space, and Kip got his for submitting eight billion slogan suggestions to Skyway Soap. Plus, I’m not really sure I want to go to the Moon simply to rescue a 12 year old girl [what with me bein’ old enough to be her daddy and all] and then stomp on a slugface with my socks. ) ---
**Author:** ![TheOtherOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@TheOtherOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOtherOne)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-12k-and-look-stupid/277280/4 "2004-11-30T05:26:12Z")
I would seriously love to wear this to work some time…or just to the mall, and act like I was in a really big hurry, grumbling about being late and all that. Or, a completely kickass halloween costume for the filthy rich. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-12k-and-look-stupid/277280/5 "2004-11-30T15:42:53Z")
“Stuffed with cotton batting to simulate pressurization”. E.g., even with the fan and ventilation, it’s like wearing a quilt. I’m pretty sure that after a few minutes, the one thing that will be authentic will be the smell inside the suit. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-12k-and-look-stupid/277280/6 "2004-11-30T15:59:42Z")
It looks like a toilet paper mummy with a box strapped to its back. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-12k-and-look-stupid/277280/7 "2004-11-30T16:02:30Z")
What would be cool is to wear the suit to the mall, but have a small light of odd colour in the helmet, enough to illuminate your writhing tentactular Cthulhu mask. "Sorry. I cannot open the faceplate. I cannot breathe your air. " 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-12k-and-look-stupid/277280/8 "2004-11-30T19:14:59Z")
> [@Rhubarb](#): > > But if you bought one, you could get business cards that said - > > Have Space Suit - Will Travel > > Think of the possibilities Yes, well, if I’m the head of NASA and I’m looking to hire a new astronaut, my first question is not going to be “does he have his own suit?” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spend-12k-and-look-stupid/277280/9 "2004-11-30T20:09:52Z")
Hey, who liposuctioned the Michellin man?