NASA Asks the Public to Choose New Spacesuit Design: Vote for Your Favorite!

Whether you're an aspiring fashion designer someone who just figured out how to operate a computer, you can now vote for the design of new deep-space astronaut suits. NASA has released the three eligible spacesuits on their website.

The new NASA Z-2 Suit has three different designs: Biomimicry, Technology, and Trends in Society. Its newest features are firsts for spacesuit design, which include "first surface-specific planetary mobility suit to be tested in full vacuum; first used to 3D human laser scans and 3D-printed hardware for suit development and sizing; most advanced use of impact resistant composite structures on a suit upper and lower torso system; first integration of the suit-port concept with a hard upper torso suit structure; and most conformal and re-sizable hard upper torso suit built to date," according to the NASA website.

The manufacturer of the new spacesuit is ILC Dover, and they're collaborating with design students from Philadelphia University. They have been designing and developing products for government agencies and private industries since 1947. They created the spacesuit for the astronauts that landed on moon back in 1969, and this marks the first time since then that a suit is being designed to operate in a certain environment. The upcoming Mars missions are the focus of these designs.

Over 83,000 people have already voted for their spacesuit of choice. Thus far the "Technology" version of the Z-2 suit has garnered 65% of the vote. The voting is open until April 15, and then NASA will collect the votes and begin building the suit to have it ready by November.

The Z-1 suit, resembling that of Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear, was regarded by Time Magazine as one of the best inventions of 2012. With all of the advancements in the Z-2 suit, it's surely going to be regarded as a notable invention in 2014. To read more about the Z-2 suit, its different styles, and the voting process, visit this ABC News article.