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skintight spacesuits have been an idea in both hard and soft scifi since 1977. Especially for environments where you don't need to worry about micro-meteoroid impacts (say mars, where it's atmophereic pressure is 60% of earth).
I'm surprised they don't put more of a squeeze to the upper body/arms, as that is where all your blood tends to go when not under the effect of gravity.
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WWI aviator's leathers?
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I was using 1977 since that is the first case I am aware of where it showed up with semi-realistic reasoning (and not just "it looks cool")
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Ah, there's the rub. I'm old enough that my first thought in response to "Buck Rogers" is actually Buster Crabbe, and the TV series comes second.
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These arent quite spacesuits, although "skin suits" are still arguably better than the pressurized suits currently in use.
What the link is actually talking more about are hi-tech girdles to fight bone and organ deterioration caused by time spent in microgravity.
