apollo xxx vacuum absence obsolescence, apollo a7l spacesuit, half-size, had the apollo program not been scrapped, plans to send children into space may have gone forward. born during the apollo period, i became fascinated with the space program. attempting to construct spacesuits and space ships as a child, i got my first taste of disappointment with my own capacities. as an adolescent i realized i had the 'wrong stuff,' and devoted myself to being a self-indulgent artist, rather than a heroic astronaut. the diminutive aspect of this suit is a trope not only for my frustrated ambitions, but also for the lack of public interest that poisoned the apollo program.
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