Posted on 03/24/2009 4:06:03 PM PDT by saganite
(Reuters) – Teen-age boys, are you tired of embarrassing questions about when you last changed underwear? Japan's space scientists may have just the answer -- a line of odour-free underwear and casual clothing.
Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese astronaut to live on the International Space Station, is testing the clothes, called J-ware and created by textile experts at Japan Women's University in Tokyo.
"He can wear his trunks (underwear) more than a week," said Koji Yanagawa, an official with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Wakata's clothes, developed by researcher Yoshiko Taya, are designed to kill bacteria, absorb water, insulate the body and dry quickly. They also are flame-resistant and anti-static, not to mention comfortable and stylish.
Japanese astronaut Takao Doi gave the clothes a trial run during a shuttle mission last year. Even after a vigorous workout, Doi's clothes stayed dry.
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It’s called a bathroom....
Finally an end to the stench of rocket crotch.
I need this stuff!
I have never had the desire to wear a pair of underwear for two days let alone a whole week.
Bathroom isn’t working on the ISS. Sorry. However, these new man britches will solve that problem!
I thought people wore such disposable clothing inside submarines, for ages, now.
ping
Maybe Hillary can get her next pant suit made of this material?
We have the technology, we can make it less smelly than it was.
"kill bacteria, absorb water, ..... and dry quickly"
Wow! why bother taking them off at all? LOL
Yes, but what to do with the tobacco stain?
Or you could do what Superman does, and wear your underwear on the outside.
The less 'luggage', the more equipment the shuttle can carry.
Remember Star Trek. They wore the same outfit for an entire season.
Not just for the shuttle crew. Imagine hunting trips or spontaneous flights across the pond. Sounds a lot better than polypropylene fleece, UnderArmour or Capilene base layers, which are made of flammable polyester. If this stuff does what the inventors want, you can wear it as fire-resistant protection while welding in a cold garage.
It will probably cast a small fortune but might be worth it if you only need one set. OK, maybe two just in case of rips. It’ll give my girlfriend a reason to throw all my ratty old boxers away.
..they wore the same outfit for an entire season..
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they did change underwear though.
Scotty you change with Spock—
Spock you change with Kirk....etc...
If the Japanese astronaut is the one wearing the “stink free” underwear for a week, then who is the one that confirms it actually is “stink free”?
OK, maybe two just in case of rips.
Would that be a rip or a riiiiiip!
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