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On 12 March 2015, [[David Braben]] said ''"as you can walk around inside your ships, things like leather upholstery are also things that we can do. It’s not a pay-to-win thing but actually makes your ship more shiny."''<ref>[https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/03/12/david-braben-on-fan-anger-interview/ Interview: David Braben On Fan Anger And Expectations]

On March 20, 2015 [[David Braben|Braben]] was asked about the long roadmap ahead and he said (at 5:20): ''"Well I'm very excited. I've said over a long time I'm very excited about some features that we will do down the road including things like landing on planets, walking around inside your spaceship, getting out of your spaceship, all of those things I think are very very exciting and obviously those are in the long-term roadmap."''<ref>[[Elite Dangerous|Elite: Dangerous - David Braben Interview]], Gamereactor, 5:20

On May 26, 2016 during an AMA with David Braben, this question was asked ''"Is there a small team doing any preliminary work on atmosphere landings / walking (in stations etc) currently being looked at? As it is almost there for walking in station..." ''Braben said ''"Yes. We have ongoing work on planets, including atmospheres, planetary life, walking about and lots of other very exciting things for the future."''<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/4l4f3c/ask_him_anything_david_braben_cocreator_of_elite/d3k7yei/?st=j35wmw0a&sh=095f6542 Ask Him Anything: David Braben, co-creator of Elite, co-founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and Frontier's head honcho]</ref>

On 08 April 2016, Braben reiterated that walking around will be a future update. He said: ''“There was a lot of discussion prior to and during the Kickstarter project as to whether you should be able to walk around in your ship. We looked at that in great detail. Ultimately we decided the arbiter has to be, ‘Does it make the game more fun?’ Because it’s a lot of extra work and it brings in more constraints. It’s something we will do, but it’ll be in a future update because we need so many things on a human scale for that to be additive and enjoyable.”''<ref>[http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/04/08/the-making-of-elite-dangerous The Making of Elite: Dangerous - Kotaku (8 April 2016)] </ref>

On March 10, 2017 during a Q&A at PAX East, lead designer [[Sandro Sammarco]] said "Space Legs" was way off in the future: ''"How will Telepresence and Multicrew work in the future with Space Legs and EVA gameplay? 'Just to set the record straight, Space Legs and EVA gameplay, that's way off in the future. That's a goal. I've talked to David and it's always been part of his core vision for what Elite really is, even from way back in the day, it's always been about you're a person in a real futuristic setting, not just a ship. However, I think it's also fair to say Space Legs is effectively dovetailing a whole new game into Elite. We take steps towards it, it's our end vision, but we're not there yet, we're... it's a long way off. And when it does, by the time, if we get there, if we manage it, I'm sure we'll have the time to sort out any consistencies that need to be sorted out."''<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhsH5U7tz4A&t=68m04s Elite Dangerous LIVE from PAX East part 2!] (at 68:04)</ref>

On April 11, 2017 during the The Commanders Release Livestream (at 10:10), Braben confirmed that space legs is coming and is planned, but it's not imminent. A person in the chat asked ''"Will we get space legs at some point? If yes don't say when, but answer with long, medium or short."'' Braben said: ''"It's coming, but obviously it's not imminent, but it is coming and it is planned."''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McJgSVJQGG8 Elite Dangerous 2.3 - The Commanders Release Livestream] at 10:10</ref>

On October 4, 2017 [[Zac Antonaci]] said ''"Spacelegs (as the community are dubbing them) is something that David B and the development team are very excited by and it’s certainly high on the list of features they would like to make. However, as we’ve mentioned before, “Spacelegs” is something further down the line. After 2.4 we’ll be focusing on the core gameplay experience so it’s not something that we will be announcing at Frontier Expo. I do have to say though, I truly hope that the community are excited by the content being revealed at FX."''<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/381918-Frontier-Expo-ED-Speculation?p=5990260&viewfull=1#post5990260 Frontier Expo ED Speculation (October 4 2017)]</ref>

On January 27, 2018 Sandro Sammarco said ''"The team and I all see Space Legs as the feature we will love to add and are at the top of our specification, but it's something that will not happen in the Beyond season. We will talk more about it later."''<ref>[https://www.actugaming.net/elite-dangerous-interview-de-sandro-sammarco-lead-designer-126625/ Elite Dangerous Beyond – Chapter One : Notre interview de Sandro Sammarco, Lead Designer (27 January 2018)] </ref><ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/397639-Elite-Dangerous-2018-Roadmap-Regularly-Updated?p=6734711#post6734711 Elite Dangerous 2018 Roadmap (Regularly Updated)]</ref>

On August 31, 2018 Zac Antonaci posted an important community update with relevant information: "''A while ago, our development went from pre-production into full production on our next major milestone of Elite development. What that means in the simplest terms is that the team are actively working on the next major landmark which takes us into our next era for Elite. We aren’t going to be ready to talk about or announce any details for quite a while yet, it is early in the development and there is still a long way to go, but I can say that this is something that will be scheduled to release a considerable time after the final update in the [[Elite Dangerous: Beyond|Beyond series]]. We will have more details on exactly what this means and how the era will roll out after the release of Beyond – Chapter Four, but '''this does mark some exciting next steps''' and a continued commitment to the long term vision for the game and our community.''"<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=6966016&viewfull=1#post6966016 31 August 2018 Forum Post Zac Antonaci]</ref>

When Wolvie said ''"Thanks for the update Zac, it's good to hear some honest comments as things have been quiet for several months on the Focused Feedback. I'm a Beta Backer with Lifetime Expansion Pass and have always seen Elites development as a journey not a race, I'm looking forward to what comes next."''<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?p=6966175&viewfull=1#post6966175 Wolvie Forum Post 31 August 2018 ]</ref>

On June 26, 2018, Frontier released the cinematic video [[Commander Chronicles]]: Lift-Off. This was the first demonstration of [[pilot]] walking animations using the ''Elite Dangerous'' engine. A Commander is shown walking across a [[station]] [[Landing Pad]], then using a lift to enter a [[Krait MkII]]. He enters the cockpit, where two other Commanders are waiting, sits in the primary pilot seat, and then controls the ship as it lifts off, departs the station, and jumps into [[hyperspace]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M8ZeHZSZ3o Commander Chronicles: Lift-Off (26 June 2018)]</ref>

On June 3, 2020, Frontier Developments announced the game's second expansion, ''[[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]]'', would release in Q1 2021. Among other key features, ''Odyssey'' included On Foot functionality, at the time referred to by the community and unofficially by the developers as "Space Legs", a name coined over the years for the highly-anticipated feature. The pre-alpha trailer for ''Odyssey'' showed three Commanders in armoured space suits with weapons walking on foot across an arid terrestrial world with a presumably non-breathable atmosphere. The Commanders arrive at a small surface structure just as an [[Anaconda]] touches down in an adjacent landing zone.<ref name="Odyssey">[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-announcement.546389/ Frontier Forums: Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Announcement]</ref> ''Odyssey'' was released on PC on May 19, 2021.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-pc-launch-date.572921/ Frontier Forums: Elite Dangerous: Odyssey PC Launch Date]</ref>