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Dainese to make suits for Mars
Italian motorcycle gear manufacturer makes space suits for the first manned trip to MarsItalian motorcycle protection gear manufacturer Dainese, one of the biggest names in the industry, is diversifying into making space suits.
In collaboration with NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), Dainese created not one, but two space suits intended for use during the upcoming Mars missions.
Some might think that the moment when the first human will set foot on Mars belongs to a distant future, but NASA and ESA beg to differ. In fact, the first manned mission to Mars is expected around the year 2030, and in space terms that’s not far off.
In preparation of the Mars missions, NASA has become interested in the studies Dainese has been carrying out to better understand the movements of the human body. The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts funded Dainese's undertaking to engineer the Biosuit, the world's most advanced compression suit to date.
One of the drawbacks of spending longer periods of time in space is that the absence of gravity will tend to elongate the body, and this can lead to herniating discs.
ESA asked Dainese to come up with a solution, so the Italians delivered the Skinsuit. Made from special four-way elastic materials, nylon straps and a rigid upper section, the Skinsuit re-creates the effects gravity has on the human body.
That is, it keeps the astronauts' bodies ‘packed’ together, preventing the unwanted spinal elongation. Each Skinsuit is custom-made for the wearer, as the forces acting on the body must be carefully managed for each individual.
Dainese adds these new suits to a longer list of premieres in the business, such as the initial motocross pants (1972), the first back protector (1978), knee sliders for leathers (1980), the first aerodynamic hump on leather suits (1988), toe sliders (1993), carbon fiber/kevlar gloves (1995), and recently, the D-Air airbag technology, whose development started in 2000.
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