Author Topic: NASA suspend a planned all female spacewalk (Read 953 times)

Jocko · « **on:** March 26, 2019, 11:25:15 AM »

NASA have announce they have had to suspend a planned all female spacewalk, due to suit size issues.
Whats the bet they said "I am a size 10, always been a size 10", only to find it was too small, to which the reply was "Their sizes must be smaller than usual".
Gentlemen. How many times have we heard that?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47703734

ColinS · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2019, 04:38:27 PM »

I'm not wearing that, it makes my bottom look big

ColinB · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2019, 09:32:44 PM »

Quote from: Jocko on March 26, 2019, 11:25:15 AM

... "I am a size 10, always been a size 10", only to find it was too small, ... "Their sizes must be smaller than usual".

There is a marketing trick known as "vanity sizing", which involves manufacturers & stores deliberately mis-labelling clothing sizes (gents as well as ladies):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerdooley/2013/07/29/vanity-sizing/#2fc0bd831e32

Not sure that's really a factor here though !