Iona Allen: Difference between revisions

Allen personally constructed the boots that [[Neil Armstrong]] wore when he first walked on the [[Moon]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> Construction of Armstrong's boots took weeks.<ref name=":3" /> They consisted of thirteen layers, each of which had to be sewn perfectly and pass inspection.<ref name=":3" /> The boots, as well as the [[Apollo/Skylab spacesuit|Apollo A7L and A7LB]] spacesuits created by Allen's team, suffered no major mishaps the entire time they were in use.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Lantry |first=Douglas N. |date=1995 |title=Man in Machine: Apollo-Era Space Suits as Artifacts of Technology and Culture |journal=[[Winterthur Portfolio]] |volume=30 |number=4 |pages=203–230 |doi=10.1086/wp.30.4.4618514 |jstor=4618514 |url= http://www.jstor.org/stable/4618514 |access-date=April 22, 2024}}</ref> An ILC space suit designer at the time said of Allen: "She was the only one to ever make a perfect pair of boots."<ref name=":3" />

 

 

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