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<\/div>Shoe the Moon<\/h2>
A payload is being shot up to the ISS in early March on a SpaceX Dragon rocket. Among the contents of this extraterrestrial delivery<\/a>? A massive expansion to the station in the form of an exterior facility, shower technology for a study on water droplets in space, 3D printing experiments, human heart cell experiments, and… well, a package from legendary German sneaker company Adidas.<\/p> The Adidas shipment is going to contain a package of pellets used for the midsole of its Boost shoes. By monitoring the pellets with a highspeed camera as they’re compressed into the midsole, the experiment aims to gain insight into how the pellets actually move<\/a> as they’re being formed into a single material — something the company believes it’ll be able to understand better in a zero-gravity environment.<\/p> Adidas claims that once the footage and the materials make it back home, they’ll be inspected to learn more about “what it takes to create truly out-of-this-world running technology” (groan). The shoe company also vaguely alludes to more collaborative efforts with NASA, which is great and all. But the question remains: When will they be able to design a shoe as fundamentally cool as the Mars Yard 2<\/a>, at, like, a fractional amount of the price? Right. Good luck with that one.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Improving Shoes, Showers, 3D Printing: Research Launching to the Space Station<\/a> [NASA]<\/p> MORE ON SHOES: <\/strong>Brands Keep Sending Their Pointless Swag to the Space Station<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Adidas Is Going to Space, on the ISS, Where They’ll Do Space Shoe Stuff<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read the rest here: Shoe the Moon A payload is being shot up to the ISS in early March on a SpaceX Dragon rocket. Continue reading Shoe Fly<\/h2>
Space Jams<\/h2>
Adidas Is Going to Space, on the ISS, Where They’ll Do Space Shoe Stuff<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"