Hmmm ... from chic to cheap.

NASA - NASA Awards Contract for Constellation Spacesuit for the Moon:

"NASA has awarded a contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston, for
the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system. The spacesuit
will protect astronauts during Constellation Program voyages to the
International Space Station and, by 2020, the surface of the moon."

Atcually I was thinking this thing looks like something straight out of Hollywood ... it looks like a cross between robbie the robot from Lost in Space (tv show) and the old suits. I really like it - it has really 'clean' lines with out too much bulk ... but then I saw the other suit they have planned for the moon.

Yeah.

It looks very much like something the dweebs at school would wear. I understand that the blue bits are add-on parts that will protect the astronauts from the unique enviroment that the moon poses. Moon dirt/dust isn't like the stuff on earth - it is very sharp and can easily cut skin and cornea if it gets into the suit.