The long-forgotten history of the British moon spacesuit
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2021
- Decades before NASA's Apollo program, the British Interplanetary Society wanted to go to the moon: in a spacesuit that looked like a suit of armour.
Thanks to all the team at the National Space Centre: spacecentre.co.uk/
And to the British Interplanetary Society for their archive images: www.bis-space.com/
Drone filming by special permission of the National Space Centre. Please do not attempt it yourself, the Rocket Tower is made of ETFE foil on a steel frame and propellers must not get close to it!
More about the BIS spacesuit: spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/t...
Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
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Unfortunately, the British spacesuit model isn't available for anyone to wear, which is a shame! But it is on display at the Rocket Tower. And apparently one idea for that on-suit airlock was passing in sandwiches for lunch...
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Could you explain how the video was uploaded today but you commented this 2 days ago.
2 days ago
@@OlrikMeister what you said
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The absolute chad who heard, "We want a spacesuit," and went, "It needs a cape," is my hero.
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Must be Edna Mode's archnemesis
Good thing Edna didn't hear about it
I like the shooting stick just as much.
Neil: "One small step for a ma... what the hell is that?"
Space Knight: "Greetings dear chap, fancy a cuppa?" :-)
gʋiʔɪŋz di͡ɜ t͡ʃɑːʔp fɑːnsi ə kʊpə?
It even has a hatch to get said cuppa! :D
@@TechyBen
*reaches hand into chest hatch and produces a teapot and cups*
This feels like Jules Verne era science fiction. I'm having a great time right now.
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@@TechyBen And, of course, any self-respecting British astronaut would always have a cuppa on hand just in case.
Imagine being an alien living on the moon when a modified V2 missile lands and freaking Sir Lancelot steps out
Lmao
Idk why but I suddenly got Warhammer 40k vibes reading this
Hello stranger! I’m sir Alfred Dabblesworth. This is my space rocket, “Sherry.”
“There’s no tea on the moon? Blimey I’m out of here! Goodbye aliens we’ll enslave you when you get some tea sire. Cheerio!”
Write science fiction!
Although the material and structural design were probably severely lacking compared to suits that actually made it to space, it is interesting to see how the British designers really focused on features that would support longer moonwalks and prolonged exploration.
A blanket/cape for keeping warm, an on-suit airlock for taking in food and samples. A cane for assistance with walking and even sitting.
All we are missing is the “moon steed”. A horse shaped vehicle that the British “astroknight” would ride into space battle.
Perhaps, the space-suit can also include a kind of surcoat (or something similar) with the Royal Standard or coat of arms of the UK, to really complete the Medieval aesthetic.
Astroknight, I love it.
And Coops of tea lood
Fuckin moon steed has me wheezing
I am going to start randomly using the term "astroknight" in conversation just because it is the best word I have heard all day.
"Having a sit down" Yes. It is most definitely a British suit.
Winston Churchill once ascribed all his achievements to "economy of effort": "Never stand up when you can sit down. Never sit down when you can lie down".
Oh, yes, sitting. The great leveler. From the mightiest Pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?
Just missing a tea pot, but maybe that was that the hole in the front was?
@@gothxx perfect!! 🐈
@@gothxx And sure you wouldn't even need a heating element to boil the tea, the lack of pressure would do it for you :)
US and the Soviet Union: "Hey, let's make an advanced space suit specifically design to withstand the extreme conditions in space!"
Britain: *"Space knight!"*
At least the latter rhymes with spaceflight. That'll make it easier for the troubadour who will have to tell the tales of space knight's adventures.
Oh! Now I know what this reminded me of - Lem's Fables of Robots
Not gonna lie, space knight sounds kinda cool!
You just know they wanted that seat to be a sword.
with a cape!
This is exactly what I expect from the British space program. I look forward to the Japanese Samurai version.
Ridley Scots's Alien had spacesuits inspired by Samurai I believe
Inb4 the japanese make Garmillan space suits
Darth Vader:
Lmfao the cosmo suits are more fitting despite no functionality just fan service@@sneeki8082
Just look towards Kojima’s logo and you have it
that honestly looks like a prototype power armor. almost like the logical step up from this would be fallout power armor. but holy hell that is the coolest thing I've seen in a while,a LITERAL moon knight
it could be a cool armor for starfield.
beat me to it
@@Rockmanbalboa someone PLEASE mod this
Or 40K Space Marine Power Armor.
This is literally just a Grey Knight
The british sending a literal knight in shining armour to space is the most appropriate thing I could have expected
Now I'm imagining the Polish space agency sending winged hussars to the moon, or maybe Japan sending a guy in full samurai armour ...
Or a fully medieval jousting contest in near 0-G!
@@Tarantio1983 poland cannot into space
"Right lads, as Sir Cumspect has gone right off the idea, can we actually fit Sir Cumference into the suit?"
for queen and country.
@@tuckertooley174 No, Poland Can into space
"but what if there's space-dragons?"
~ British Astroengineer
And since it’s Britain, that’s not rhetorical.
@@jacobrzeszewski6527 I’m english and that’s simply incorrect
Hic sunt spacedracones
Well, astronomers have no reason to believe there _aren't_ space dragons. It's important to be prepared.
Space Dragons?
Reminds me of the Soup Dragon of the moon and the Clangers.
obsessed with the blistering Britishness of "if youre going to the moon you'll need a suit of armour, and also a chair to rest your legs when you're waiting in some kind of Moon Queue"
don't for get the cape, in case it gets a bit chilly
I like the idea of the chest airlock for grabbing space stuff to look at, and I'm extremely glad that no one got to try it on the moon. The theoretical British Astronaut would have found himself in quite the horrible situation once the moon dust was introduced into his environment, along with the rock. An excellent design for the time, really. We just didn't know that it was a terrible plan to be in the same space as moon dust. No moonrocks through the airlock. Only clean tools and sandwiches.
Sadly true.
What's wrong with moon dust?
It's extremely fine, gets everywhere, is extremely abrasive and irritating to the skin, and acts like asbesdos dust in your lungs. Moon dust is extremely sharp because there's no weathering on the moon@@King-ts4es
@@King-ts4esit absolutely recks your lungs and gets everywhere
@@dlordwfbSo what you're saying is it's fine, rough, irritating, and it gets everywhere?
Imagine the British knight astronaut getting to the moon and finding the French chevalier astronaut is already there and has drawn up their battle lines
The 100 years space war.
mud won't save ya'll this time
Agincourt but with pressurized spacesuits so the British knights go flying off in low gravity like when you fill a balloon and let go of the end
And obviously they'll both ve armed with laser swords!
The Scottish space programme had silver kilts...
The Mk. II suit would have incorporated a boiling vessel to ensure British Moon Force units were self-sufficient for Tea
Cool! I don't know about the moon, but in a vacuum, you don't even have to heat it to get it boiling.
It's probably going to be ice tea then
@@edopronk1303 A member of that Interplanetary Society, Arthur C. Clarke, actually has the problem of tea (usually) not being very good on the moon as a peripheral point in one of his books, A Fall of Moondust.
Reuse the radiation from the sun for tea ☕ genius
Just like British tanks eventually included kettles so you could have your tea or bovril.
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This is one of the most distinctively British things I've ever seen ! a medieval inspired helmet and a walking stick.I can't express how much I absolutely love this! You see so many depictions of Steampunk. The Victorian era very much inspired the genre. But this is pullEd from the pages of History. And it even goes as far as I said and makes it so very distinctly British.
it has a walking stick that also doubles as seat in case you want to take a break and have a sandwich. and a cape in case some cold breeze comes over the crater.
The cape/poncho absolutely makes the suit. I could totally picture a reflective solar poncho being an addition to some kind of scifi space armor.
Cal Kestis would love it
It has a cape. That already makes it way better than any other space suit ever made.
Have you not seen The Incredibles? NO CAPES!
Not all heroes wear capes.
BUT SOME DO!
@@ragnkja they serve a function and it's to look cool.
@@YataTheFifteenth Press X to doubt that they would be able to use that cape in such not mobile design
Remember what Edna said about capes? And why?
The fact that they have a cane with a seat is more British than I can bear. I’ve never been prouder hahaha
I'm surprised it doesn't have an umbrella attachment
I'm not even British and I'm proud of this! I'm almost sad that Britain didn't make it to the moon cause this would have been soooooo cool
You can actually get them, they're called shooting sticks.
Nah! There's no provision to brew tea within the space suit.
@@farazalam3325 You do it outside and use the hatch!
I now desperately need the BIS to make another one that’s designed for modern lunar landings. Just imagine what it could look like.
Oh, and of course, the cape stays.
Bringing a shooting stick to the moon is the most British thing ever. That's amazing!
Only the British would think "Y'know what astronauts need? A space cane!" Just in case you need a little relief from walking on the moon. It's amazing but also ridiculous.
But it also makes so much sense. Wouldn't want to risk sitting down on the moon for respite.
It makes perfect sense. You would want to have a portable chair as you cant sit down in a suit like that.
it's not even specially designed, you can buy that exact design
...after walking around in 1/6 gravity, do you really need to rest your legs?... I like the airlock though for grabbing your cup of tea and crumpets out of the space pack.
@@angelarch5352 That suit is heavy and good luck after you have been working for an hour and just want to take a quick break.
Imagine we have modern-day US and Russian spacesuits, and then you see the British space knights floating towards you.
from the
It look like the doom guy the more i see it
Space Knights! On Space Horses! Doing Space Jousting!
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Two handed greatword in hand, of course
This was someone's dream, and instead of it being forgotten... it was created... amazing 👏
A prototype space suit with a frogmouth helmet! Fantastic! Loved it! Didn't knew this even existed!
God, that suit is the coolest thing I've seen in a while.
Imagine British astronauts wandering about the surface of the moon looking like knights in full plate armour.
This suit would be perfect in some sort of science fiction movie.
SPACE FORCE
@@aceb7638 oh I can totally see Naird and the rest running around the moon in that thing(don't ask why Naird as I don't think he'd EVER actually go up) that would be hysterical as I can totally see it having similar reasons for happening to the shitty exolegs or the uniform redesign madness 🤣(REAL spaceforce however oh god ....that's just what they need more reasons to not be taken seriously "WE ARE THE SPACE KNIGHTS!" I mean the things badass....but ....spaceknights would not be a good look for spaceforce)
You don’t have to imagine. You’ve got comic con. Get too it. Chop chop. Adam Savage style!!
@@MindinViolet Did you know what that suit reminds me? It's the Homo Ludens suit that you can see from Kojima Productions opening reel. I can see some similarities
"No capes!"
Uhh... the B.I.S. disagrees. Capes are cool... and warm.
And you cannot get caught in an airliner's turbofan engines if you are wearing the capes in space!
Capes are earned. Capes are a physical reminder of Hero 1's sacrifice in the Rikti War.
And if you're a villain, you earn your cape by beating a hero unconscious and taking theirs.
I knew capes were due for a come back. Team Cape over here!
I prefer a towel.
NASA just doesn't get fashion. Capes are way cooler.
20 minutes into the keynote presentation:
"...and finally, a sallet helm.
In case we find any frenchmen up there"
I had no idea of this. Thanks yall; for making this video, for him making the suit, for them back in day for making the orginization. And gotta say, a space knight? How very, very, awesomely British.
So, Medieval or Scifi?
The British: Yes
I think it gives off a a bit of the a steampunk vibe.
It’s a Sontaran!
Steampunk!
Warhammer 40k
Jules Verne go brrrr
I can't get over how much it looks like an alternate universe scenario where knights developed space travel
I once read a very weird and obscure science fiction novel about that. I have no idea what it was.
@@Vinemaple Let me know if you ever remember!
@@Wulfle Poul Anderson's the high crusade is what you are looking for I believe.
@@mckitsune7600 ok
Warhammer 40k
Astonishing!
I can only imagine what the moon rocket would have looked like. With British ideas of practicality, I wonder what novel life support mechanisms would have been inside it?
As long had it had tea making facilities everything else would be a secondary concern!!
Tom, this is one of the most interesting videos I have seen in a long time! Well done for covering this.
Arthur, King of the Space Britons sends famed astroknight Sir Launchelot
Genius!
Let's not go to camoonlot, tis a silly place.
@@Blondie-Actual “It’s only a model.”
I'm definitely stealing astroknight for my next RPG campaign.
Marvel has a character that fits this story perfectly,Moon Knight.
If Wallace and Gromit have taught me anything, it's that Brits don't need a spacesuit
and that the moon definitely is made of cheese.....
@@stevenrichards2006 C H E E E E E S E
@@stevenrichards2006 everybody knows the moon is made of cheese..
Wallace and Gromit taught me that you can't trust a penguin.
And I thought a proper Brit needed a proper suit for every possible situation. Going to the opera? Wear a tuxedo! Going to the moon? Wear...this!
This is honestly one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
Wow that amazing the BIS actually had a dope looking space armour 👌👍
The British colonizing the moon by sending a full knight with a cape to leisurely walk around and take sit down breaks on a cane-chair to admire rocks is a special timeline we're lucky enough to only imagine.
Next time we put a hairless ape on a space rock we should definitely give 'em a cape and a lawn chair.
This needs a horse space suit for the astronaut to ride on the moon, and it's even more perfect!
@@angelarch5352 space castle
Funnily enough, we already owned about as much land as we could find on the surface of the Moon.
@@angelarch5352 Nah, a moon steed calls for a frog that's somehow big enough to ride.
“Wouldn’t let me” implies that Tom asked and they told him no. On that note I’m interested in what other crazy ideas Tom has been turned down from
I like your idea but sadly reality is more mundane, they were probably like "here is the space suit of the british peep, you can't wear it but we have a replica you actually can"
I mean, you may as well ask. I would.
"As for wearing the old British space suit to the moon. They wouldn't let me. "
@@davekachel It's a spamming sex bot.
michael AI generated video title "My Craziest video plans that didn't work out."
That`s one of the coolest spacesuits ever! Sci-Fi included!
This spacesuit is so cool: it looks like a sci-fi knight! 🤩
P.s: I think Kojima Hideo take inspiration from this for his company logo 😅.
Imagine if Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and saw that space suit slowly lumbering towards him.
Oi m8, where's ya loicence!?
I think it would have been an "are you my mommy" scenario.
good to
Hustan we got a problem
oi oi, this be our land, see that flag?
by being 'ere, you vialate ev'ry law in space you filthy colonist
*shoots him*
(under his breath)
the sun never sets on the bri'ish empire
i love that the AI, rather than necessarily predicting any titles you could use, has inspired people to contact Tom and give him stories to tell that are almost like what the AI came up with, but not quite
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how many
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Tom AI is used in prison
That is how a stealth AI could work :) Subtly nudging humans, without them realising it.
Really fascinating, but somehow I get a feeling of Lancelot meets Jules Verne meets Doctor Who.
The successor to this was the Windak suit, which looks more like a Gemini suit. It also never went to space, but it ended up being used as a film prop for things like doctor who and star wars. There's a brilliant picture of someone riding a bike while wearing it, so they could test the mobility if it under pressure
If history was different we would’ve sent it to the moon landing set in the US so they could use it as their prop for the moon landing
(It’s a joke)
Movie idea: British commando wearing this suit storming a Nazi moon base
So,...the next 'Iron Sky' film.
Perhaps as a prequel where the attack failed & to avoid the embarrassment of another Dieppe (or Gallipoli, if you want to go back further into historic failures), the U.K. didn't reveal its knowledge of the Nazi base to anyone else,... probably figuring the bad guys wouldn't survive for long after the war was over without support.
Wolfenstein 4
On M O O N H O R S E S
Sounds like that film iron something. Where Nazis live on the dark side of the moon
For All Mankind but a VERY alternate history
i love how the space suit looks like it was in medieval times
It looks very British, I wonder if there is an onboard tea supply?
Space knight
Yes! The helmet looks almost like a medieval Frog-mouth helmet
Fitting for a British empire
All it's missing is a spacefaring dragon suit to face off with.
When I saw that illustration of the guy in the space suit, I immediately thought of the Space Marines in Warhammer 40K. Then I remembered that the Emperor of Mankind actually would've been alive at that time in the lore.
I have the exact same "portable chair" in my shed. Never knew it was part of the British Space program "kit"
Imagine spending so much money making a suit and rockets just to get to the moon and seeing a British Space Knight sat there on his stick drinking a cuppa
The misunderstood, the purpose of the airlock was for storing tea not space rocks
...in fact some of NASA's spacesuite-designs/prototypes were inspired by knight's armor...!
*(Racking Space Shotgun and aiming at Astronauts)* GET ORF MOI LAAAAAAND!!!
Only a British space agency would design their EVA suits to look like they belong in the 12th century.
And have a walking stick that doubles as portable seat in case you get tired walking about.. in space
@@EvilGremlin100 You think people don't get tired in space? Don't be silly. They wouldn't just be "walking about". Even if you did just walk about in space imagine doing it for an entire day. You wouldn't get tired?
Plate armor in the 12th century?
The helmet looks like in inverted frog-mouth jousting helmet from the 15th century, so a little bit later than the 12th.
@@sergarlantyrell7847 ...Cylon centurian...
This is one sick looking suit.
The knight-like suit bares a striking resemblance to the Ludens astronaut Yoji Shinkawa designed for the logo to Kojima Productions. I wonder if it had any influence on them.
God damn of course a British spacesuit looks like medieval plate armor with a cape
IKR?
A freaking cape to keep you warm in space...FFS.
@@thePronto genius
The crusade evolves.
To me, it really looks like Tom was born to wear an astronaut suit
Tom Scott:
"I'm on the moon"
i was thinking the exact same thing
He's got the chest buckle upside down
Yyyy you be here
It suits him.
This is Definitely the coolest looking space suit out of all of them.
It give you the „Out of the way, peasants” vibe.
Now that's world-leading innovation right there. Knights of the lunar round table
This looks like something straight out of Doctor Who, or maybe Fallout.
More like Outer Worlds.
Very Wallace and Gromit.
Yup, they dared to pawn off the judoon spacesuit as a british invention, unbelievable !
The concept art looked like something out of Wolfstein.
That's what exactly I thought too - Fallout Power Armor!
Why they didn't make a built-in kettle is beyond me.
Rights 💀even our tank has a built in kettle the size of a bath and enough teabags to last anyone a month, well anyone but us, if it's Yorkshire Tea it would last me a few days
version 8 my lad, had a built in kettle.
@@DavidKnowles0 you weren’t supposed to _tell_ them we got that far!
You could flash boil the water with the lack of pressure from being on the moon, space tea is fast tea. Don't even need a kettle.
If ya can’t enjoy a cuppa in space what’s the fuckin point in going?
Thats one hell of a dashing suit. And that would of been one hell of an epic moon landing.
Going to the Moon with 1940s British technology would have been _absolutely terrifying_ , but with a space suit like this, complete with knight in shining armour's helmet, silver superhero cape, tea-making compartment in the chest and shooting stick, there is nothing Commonwealth astronauts need have feared.
Imagine. You're on the Moon. You unfold your shooting stick, sit down and lean against a rock, pull your arms into the suit, mash a brew in the chest compartment, and relax with a nice cup of tea. And you're on the Moon. Just another ordinary day. On the Moon.
Gotta be honest this looks more badass than current suits.
It's the cape and the helmet that does it for me
the fact that it was buff, metal head knight with a silver cape amaze me
spacex dragon suit proposal looked very nice... looks way toned down now
Nowhere near a knight in silver armor level cool though
it is cool! that's why they included the blanket :)
@@Ithirahad Those are very much function over form. They are much easier to walk around and move about in when compared to the Apollo suits.
WOW! Considering the timeline, that’s incredible.
I'd just like to remind everyone there's a parallel dimension where these space suits became standard issue... and that dimension is probably awesome.
...and to be seen in Summer 2022 on the BBC remake of 'For all Mankind'
If we try hard enough, we can make that dimension OUR dimension.
Warhammer 40k?
Or it has a lot of dead astronauts
It is called her majesty's great and british dimension.
The walking stick, cape, and knight's helmet, are about as British as you can get.
I'm surprised they didn't find an excuse to fit some kind of monocle on to the suit..
That comes in a later version, when they realise a need to examine the space rocks before collecting them
Yes, the monocle being a rotating magnifying lense.
This suit is soooo awesome looking
Outstanding!
Tom in about a month:
"I'm here on the moon..."
@@jamesdavid4946 why did you just create this channel 2 days ago and start spamming this pointless random message?
"... and it's not very interesting."
a few days alter: "the moon has caught fire"
I love the fact that the AI-generated headlines are coming true...ish.
Some Russian person in East Yorkshire: "It's my time to shine!"
Lofthouse residents: "Uhh..."
We've crossed off "Why No One Will Save Covetithe, the Village that Will Soon Crumble to the Sea," and that also doubled up as "The Cliff that Refuses to Be a Cliff."
So it's just a matter of time before "Jeremy Clarkson's Lottery of Death."
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Where do I sign up?
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Seriously though when will it be pitched
I don't love this fact at all. Because the future of AI doesn't seem to be favorable for most people living under the current system.
This looks BADASS
Honestly really badass looking
Ok but that spacesuit looks like a mix from a B-movie where medieval stuff merge with alien stuff I love it
Gloryhammer clips :D no, that looks different
there's always one ^^^
Spelljammer style baby
The British need to make like a futuristic space suit that incorporates a slight knight design, that would be actually really cool and unique. The British would be the crowning champions in space drip
I tell you what good sir, if I ever end up in a political position where it is a possibility for me to do this, I will keep this in mind just for you.
@@brandonweavers4656 Come on bro stop the cap.
I’m gonna become prime minister for this, also spend money to discover Uranus cause it’s got water
@@sergeantsainsburys9181 we need to probe deep in Uranus to see whats down there.
It would make sense for a mech-suit. Like armor, it would be made of rigid metal pieces, so it would need to articulate like plate.
This thing looks so cool
That suit looks sick!
The BIS suit may well be the coolest-looking spacesuit design I've ever seen.
It's the biz
The new space x suits are the next coolest
Looks a bit like Dead Space.
I love how it’s built reminiscently of a suit of armor, it even has a cape!
The British really planned for space combat, while Americans and Russians would try to use guns Britain just outright made a suit of armor and probably planned on giving them a sword too
Let's hide a sword in the cane~
"have fun trying to use your guns in zero atmosphere. But guess what? Swords are very, very effective when there is only a rubber layer between you and space"
note- bullets have oxidizers, so they can shoot in space. But this is the case NOW. 1940's bullets? Especially 1940's Russian bullets? I have no idea.
@@lemeres2478 I think the Russians had a plan to make theirs shoot too but I’d have to look into it, cuz all I know is they wanted to give their cosmonauts guns to shoot American astronauts
@@lemeres2478 eeeeh… it depends, most munitions at the time would have probably used cordite, a primitive form of smokeless propellant, most varieties tend to have oxidizers but not all of them; they also tend to foul too much to work for long but they should burn just fine, if very poorly
If they ever make another MGR game this should be the protagonist.
That airlock idea is really god damn sick..
That's so awesome
AI: How about "The Long Forgotten History of the British Moon Landings?"
Tom Scott: Don't be ridculous, we weren't even close
BIS: Well.... not quite, but not far off.
BIS: We accidentally land on asteroid while targeting the moon
@@cucuawe465 Damn colonial ambitions
I believe the BIS had some plans to do a full moon mission on totally Solid rocket motors and a shoestring budget, the most kerbal thing I’ve ever heard
@@cucuawe465 might as well call that india 2 or something
I love that they went to the great effort of making that suit, and making it historically accurate in terms of materials and manufacturing. The suit is essentially artwork, but with great history and culture to it. It's nice as well to know that Britain made efforts towards the space race in those exciting pivotal years.
"...in those exciting pivotal years"
The BIS was doing this in 1938- the only thing major happening then was rumblings in Poland
Hands down the coolest looking space suit ever.
looks sick af!
Not gonna lie that’s the most badass space suit I’ve ever seen…
It looks like a Titan armour set from destiny! I’d love to see a set based on this added to the game.
Now we know where the Cylons came from. They are all British!
It looks like an among us
That crayon eater came from the moon!
would’ve made garden of salvation actually enjoyable if it was in the loot pool
Was about to say this, I'd love to see a whole set like this in Destiny
_"The Long-Forgotten History of the British Moon..."_
The title was a bit obscured and I almost gasped out loud
So did I!
Gosh did Tom plan this all along?
...DID THE AI PLAN THIS?!
It is most certainly a British Moon and all the happier for it.
- Nigel Gove-Mogg.
I'll get my coat.
"british moon"
Can't believe the Brits have already colonised the moon 😤
Bri’ish sun
Good idea for work in genre of alternative history!
The suit looks awesome
The convolute is truly British as you can hold a cuppa tea in Zero-G!
😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Truly British ☕🇬🇧
video of
Zero-Score
@@rita25y.o-checkmyvideo44 why does ur parent named that??
What most likely happened when the British planned to make this suit:
“Ok so, knights are cool. Space is cool. We’ll just combine the two!”
Hideo Kojima be like: Got it, I'll make it my new company's logo/mascot
Welcome to Warhammer 40k
But what about dragons?
cool moonknight
fromsoft peeking at the corner
A cape on a spacesuit!? That's awesome!!
looks cool af
The inspection airlock is fantastic. Really harks back to the Edwardian and Victorian fascination with cataloguing plants and minerals.
new rocks WE MUST HAVE A GANDER
Someone show this to Adam Savage, I'm sure he'd love to make a replica for his collection!
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That’s the same thing I said.
I want to see this in a movie, it looks exceptional
ngl that design are so raw
that seat thing is the most british thing i've seen in a while. you're on the moon, but you just have to sit down for a cuppa on your camping chair like you're at the bloody lake district
Moon. Lake District.
Same thing really, just fewer sheep and no wind and rain.
@@tams805 And the Moon has (slightly) fewer American tourists leaving piles of litter.
Imagine a British alternate history, akin to computing, where we got there and kept it hush, and then the US arrives and finds a Union Flag and a cup of tea just left there.
"Property of the British Empire and the British Lunarian Protectorate, cheers lad!" Written in extremely calligraphic cursive.
But we did! Jet Morgan and his crew (admittedly including the token American, Doc) got there in the 1950s, and even travelled back in time into the bargain. The documentary series was the last radio programme to get a larger audience than TV, and repeats can still be heard from time to time on BBC Radio 4Extra.
And don't forget Dan Dare, though by his time we'd got a lot further than the boring old Moon.
You might be interested in the Ministry of Space
Theres an old film with exactly that story :) I forget what its called- it might be one of the old joules vern stories.
Oh, you silly Brits! We love your quirky humor.
Why not make a new suit that mixes these two? The space knight has so much drip! The cape and helmet are super dope. Imagine the shock aliens will feel when a literal space knight greets them!!
This is what I exactly imagined when I think of an alternate reality where some Sci-Fi medieval army arrived at the moon
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The thought of a british space night shouting "FOR THE QUEEN" while planting the union jack flag on the moon is hilarious
We considered it, but getting even a small warship - I mean merchant ship (chuckles in O.S.T) - onto the moon would've been a tricky endeavour not to mention the lack of tea, beaches and air really took the wind out of our sails.
@@Neion8 wait... solar winds exist. Mind you, they are just radiation currents. However you can still use specialized sails for it...
_LADS, WE HAVE A REASON TO GO TO SPACE NOW!_
"This is mine. F-ing f- off." Desmond Scott, declaring the annexation of the Moon into the British Empire
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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
*Que Rule Britannia at full volume*