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'Avengers' and 'Batman v Superman' Costumer Is Designing New Spacesuits for Real Astronauts


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The movies have been a great inspiration for real-life space programs since Georges Melies gave us A Trip to the Moon, so it's not surprising to learn that members of the movie industry are now actually working for the space industry. No, today's equivalent of Stanley Kubrick hasn't been hired to fake a Mars landing. We're talking a legimate gig. Costume designer Jose Fernandez, of Ironhead Studio (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice; Captain America: Civil War), revealed to Bleep magazine that he's been working on real spacesuits for the private aerospace company Space X. He wasn't even aware of who they were when he was contacted to particpate in the bidding process. And then Fernandez, who's worked on numerous sci-fi movies...
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