A company in Maryland is planning to get rid of space suits altogether and put a person in a miniature, single person spacecraft. It'll have thrusters, robotic arms from a company that makes robotic arms for bomb diffusal. And not only are the robotic hands much more dexterous than anything that could be done by an astronaut in a glove, but if the astronaut were incapacitated, the whole system could be brought back by remote control. I don't see space suits disappearing any time soon.

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