I could have sworn Iron Man’s costume is meant to protect the big guy, but when your iron man looks like this, they you really don’t care to cover her.
Direct Link to Flickr photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparr0/2845432196/in/pool-760786@N20
Pretty nice article from the folks at Popular Science:
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-04/building-real-iron-man
Stan Lee, the creator of Iron Man, had originally based Tony Stark on Howard Hughes, whom he felt was “one of the most colourful men of our time: an inventor, an adventurer, a multimillionaire, a ladies man and finally a nutcase.” Robert Downey Jr. further described his portrayal of Stark as “a challenge of making a wealthy, establishmentarian, [...]
In October 1999, Quentin Tarantino was approached to write and direct the film. Later, Joss Whedon, a big fan of the comic book, was in negotiations to direct the film in June 2001. In December 2004, Nick Cassavetes was hired as a director, with the film to release in 2006, but everything fell through. Finally, Jon Favreau was hired as director.
According to Marvel Guide 1983 #5 Iron Man’s armor is an electrically power, computer assisted exoskeleton made of iron. The armor weighs 215 pounds and has been designed to withstand a 250 pound per square inch microsecond overpressure or the equivalent of the detonation of a 100 pounds of TNT detonated at 20 feet.
A pretty comprehensive list of Iron Man Armor, even though I was always partial to the red and gold with the circle center.
Bootleg trailer, cool movie.