Got this on an email newsletter this morning (Mr Hyde) thought it might be worth sharing.
Apparently it's every space suit that has been used so far.
Apparently it's every space suit that has been used so far.
A History of space suits
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Every fashionable techno-barbarian sports a pauldron or two! 
Pretty cool picture - but I am wondering what you'd need a pauldron for in space:
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Zero-G space jousting?
The Almaz Soviet military station had a 23mm Tu-22 rapid-fire cannon, perhaps the pauldron was to protect the gunner's shoulder?
The Almaz Soviet military station had a 23mm Tu-22 rapid-fire cannon, perhaps the pauldron was to protect the gunner's shoulder?
So one guy gets pauldrons and one guy gets... pants?
(insert "in Soviet Russia"-joke here
Zero-G space jousting?
I'm up for giving that a go