Astronaut Koichi Wakata didn't change underwear for a month

timesonline.co.uk

14 pointsemontero16 comments

The reason I consider this article HN worthy is this:

"Designed to resist the rigours of lengthy space travel, the anti-static, flame-resistant, odour-eating, bacteria-killing, water-absorbent smalls have been put through their paces as part of a project aimed at ensuring that future space travellers will need only minimal space in their suitcases."

Now imagine the myriad of different uses such underpants could have here on Earth. And? Precisely!

I am intrigued though as to why flame-resistance was tested... one imagines that if a fire breaks out the last thing on their minds will be "at least my underwear wont catch"

feature creep?

What they didn't mention is that the bloat made them 1/4 inch thick.

Call me old-fashioned, but I think having one's underwear not catch fire is almost always better than the alternative.

Certainly hours of time for hacking could be gained by eliminating the need to change underwear.

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