Re: Vacuum Cleaners from Outer Space

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:26:17 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:04:01 -0800, D from BC wrote:

Ick! Artsy vacuums..

Like I said, art and engineering mix like oil and water. You must be
an engineer.

I think a vacuum should look like a tool not like a plastic toy
farrari. No amount of eye candy can make vacuuming fun.

I don't think they're attempting to make house cleaning fun. More
like exercises in ergonomics, which tend to make things comfortable,
but weird looking.

I'd like to see a home vacuum made by NASA engineers! :P
All function and little glitter.
I'd buy that.
It can be painted orange like the space shuttle tank.

I've seen what happens when NASA designs something without an
industrial designer. The first space suit for Alan Shepard was a good
example. Totally functional and totally ugly. NASA wanted something
that looked like what the GUM (great unwashed masses) expected a space
suit to look like. So they hired fashion designer Rudi Gernreich (of
topless swim suit fame) to design them a real space suit. Gone was
the green calendared rubber cloth, to be replaced with silver lame and
a strange collection of useless attachment points.

Orange? Probably a prison vacuum cleaner.


I think he's talking about the portable air conditioner for a space
suit.


Or perhaps a home vacuum designed by weapons designers using military
specs.
"Tough enough to suck up burning napalm." :P
Perhaps old cruise missiles could be turned into vacuum cleaners :)

Yeah, the military also hires industrial and fashion designers. I've
never seen a mil-spec vacuum cleaner, but I can imagine that it costs
about as much as the mil-spec hammer and ash tray.


We had industrial grade vacuum cleaners when I was in the Army. Cast
aluminum and stainless steel, built to last decades of rough use. Add to
that, they only used a few models, so they could repair them, if needed.

I'm thinkn if it's used by the military, good chance it's good.
I can't imagine an army using one of those fangily plastic glamour
vacuums that looks like a transformers toy.


D from BC
British Columbia
Canada
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