On Mars you probably will be use a loping gait something like skipping, not prancing exactly.
Maybe your confusing this...
Hamilton Sundstrand's "Suit"
Photo NASA Haughton-Mars Project 2004.
...with this...
Fourth Field Season - November, 2004 - May, 2005
Mars Desert Research Station
...or with this a Mars Society of Australian Project (MarsSkins) which simulates Skin Suits:
From the Canadian Mars Society Expedition 2.
For an explainer of sorts...from James Waldie's paper from the 2nd Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC):
<Blockquotes> To create an analogue suit appear realistic, the Mars Society analogue suits are designed to resemble the Apollo mission suits. This is driven by public perception of what a space suit should look like. The major elements of the Apollo suits (the large, boxy backpack and white, ‘Michelin Man’ appearance) are therefore carried over. Current analogue suits, then, successfully simulate the bulky nature and appearance of gas-pressurised suits. However, the rigidity of gas-pressurised suits proved to be a significant hindrance to exploration on the moon, continues to dog current EVAs (when only the gloves need to be flexible!), and will certainly effect the function of future Mars explorers (if such suits are worn). As current analogue suits fail to mimic this crucial stiffness, the validity of the suits is reduced. </Blockquotes>
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