2019年2月19日

Under Armour攜手維珍銀河 開發太空衣
Under Armour Is Blasting Off Into a New Market: Spacesuits

Under Armour攜手維珍銀河 開發太空衣


安德瑪(Under Armour,簡稱UA)不只生產運動用品、運動服裝和球鞋,如今還有最新產品:太空衣。UA與億萬富豪布蘭森(Richard Branson)的太空探索公司維珍銀河(Virgin Galactic)宣布達成合作協議,將共同開發太空旅行乘客與飛行員所穿的服裝。

UA執行長普蘭克(Kevin Plank)表示,「能夠與理查·布蘭森爵士、維珍銀河合作,那是千載難逢的機會,全球的UA團隊都感到非常興奮。」

維珍銀河成立於2004年,隸屬於維珍集團(Virgin Group)之下,大約600位乘客已經簽下維珍銀河公司太空旅遊行程,每趟要價在200萬到250萬美元之間,該公司預期今年將首度載客上太空,身為維珍集團創辦人的布蘭森將是太空首航的乘客之一。

除了開發太空飛行的特製服裝之外,UA還將設計維珍銀河的員工制服,並將為客戶擬定客制化的體能預備和恢復方案。兩業者並未公布此次合作的金額。

UA表示將於2019年稍晚公布太空衣的設計。布蘭森指出,他希望UA發表的服裝,能讓客戶感覺自己就像太空人。

維珍銀河公司的太空船在2018年12月首度試飛成功。 在維珍銀河正式進行商業太空旅行之前,還需進行數次測試。布蘭森表示,他預期7月以前將可升上太空。

儘管普蘭克並未透露UA的設計細節,但康乃爾大學纖維科學與服裝設計教授佛雷(James Frey)認為,普蘭克可能會採用壓力衣(compression clothing)技術,這是美國空軍長期測試的材質,有助於飛行員在高速和高海拔飛行時身體正常運作。

新聞來源:工商時報
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Under Armour Is Blasting Off Into a New Market: Spacesuits


Under Armour is teaming up with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic to create the next generation of apparel and footwear for pilots and passengers on trips to space.

The athleticwear company will also provide uniforms for Virgin Galactic employees at its Spaceport America operations centre in New Mexico, and will help design programs to physically prepare astronauts for flights, it said Thursday in a statement.

While designs haven't been released yet, the clothing doesn't need to be pressurised like traditional spacesuits because of the spacecraft's pressurised cabin, according to a Virgin Galactic spokesman. They are designed for what he called a "shirt-sleeve" environment.

Virgin Galactic is carrying out test flights now and Branson told Bloomberg News in an interview last month that he aims to fly into space this year. After that, the company plans to take passengers, who have paid as much as $500,000 (roughly Rs. 3.5 crores), on its first commercial trips where they can experience weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth. Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, will offer a similar experience.

The full line of Under Armour clothing and footwear will be revealed later this year, ahead of Branson's flight. Financial terms of the partnership weren't disclosed.

This isn't the first collaboration between sports and space. In 2017, Reebok announced development of a lightweight space boot designed for astronauts going to and from the International Space Station aboard Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.

Original Article: Gadgets360

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