Nasa And Playtex

[Wetpants]

I've been watching a couple of the retrospectives about Neal Armstrong and the Moon landing.

One thing I didn't know was that Playtex (actually Internation Latex Corporation) played a big part in the construction of the moon suits.

They interviewed several of the woman responsible for sewing the suits. Several of them specificaly mentioned that they used to make Playtex "baby pants" and were chosen for making the suits because of their great sewing skills. Two of the managers said things like, "of course we (Playtex) were picked to make the suits...we have had great experience making dipped latex baby pants. We know all about rubber and rubber garments".

And then they discussed the "pee pants". Apparently the suits used a condom catheter system. The woman joked that they started off making baby pants...and finished up making "diaper pants" for men.