antonborisov

Японцы “изобрели” нижнее белье для космоса.

Японский астронавт Коичи Ваката носил это белье на космической станции и теперь привез его на Землю.

Для исследования.

A set of high-tech Japanese underwear has passed the ultimate smell test in space.

Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata put the new underwear, which is designed to keep foul odors down in space, and other garb to an extra-long endurance test during his 4 1/2-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

“I wore it for about a month and my station crewmembers never complained for that month, so I think the experiment went fine,” Wakata told the Associated Press Thursday in a televised interview.

Wakata is returning to Earth on NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour, which is due to land Friday after an 11-day stay at the space station. Before leaving the station, Wakata told Japanese dignitaries, students and reporters that he spent two months in all wearing the experimental space clothing designed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Полностью статья — здесь. На английском.

Предполагают, что все эти исследования помогут в будущей экспедиции на Марс.