NASA is making space nerds’ dreams come true: They can vote on what the next spacesuit design will look like. (First Cosmos and now this? It’s space nerd Christmas!)
The Z-1 Spacesuit — named one of TIME’s best innovations of 2012, FYI — is upgrading to a Z-2, made with the help of 3D human laser scans and 3D-printed hardware. To fully engage its core audience, NASA is allowing its fans to pick which high tech design will be built. Here are the options, each with a subtly different theme:
1. Biomimicry
This suit is meant to look like the world’s oceans:
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/space1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
And to embrace the “bioluminescent qualities of aquatic creatures found at incredible depths,” it also glows in the dark:
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/space1a.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
2. Technology
This design uses Luminex wire and light-emitting patches:
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/space2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
3. Trends in Society
This is what NASA thinks a spacesuit would look like if it was ‘reflective of what every day clothes may look like in the not too distant future”:
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/trend_rocks_full.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
And here’s the 2012 Z-1:
![](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/z1kneeling.png?w=2400&quality=75)
Of course, like most awesome things on the Internet, there’s a bit of a catch. The spacesuit isn’t actually space friendly. According to the frequently asked questions section, it isn’t designed to fly in space because the outer layers doesn’t have the functionality of “micrometeroite, thermal and radiation protection.” This is a prototype used primarily for aesthetics. Womp womp.
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