Space and fashion lovers have a crossover accessory right now, and it’s not just because it has some moons and stars on it. French luxury brand presented Coper Air Swipe Bagmade entirely of NASA’s nanomaterial silica airgel, Fast Company reports. Scientist Steve Jones first created the substance for NASA’s 1999 Stardust mission, which brought back samples from comet Wild 2.
The Air Swipe Bag weighs just 1.1 ounces, with only 0.2 percent of the substance actually being felt. The rest is air moving through the trillions of channels of the Aerogel. Airgel is famous for its lightweight structure, which took the title of the lightest material in the 1990s, and the second version breaks this record. NASA they used to call this substance “solid smoke”, and one look at the bag shows how true this statement is. Copernicus’ Instagram post even had one Instagram user comment: “It’s like my bong when it’s full of smoke and I’m obsessed.”
Although airgel is only used to create a small bag, in this case, it is one solid accessory. The substance can hold up to 4,000 times its own weight (much more than this wallet can hold) and withstand up to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit. Not surprisingly, when not making bags, Airgel was used for tasks such as insulation. Mars devices.
The Air Swipe Bag isn’t available for sale on Coperni’s website yet, but if you want an accessory this powerful, it’s likely going to cost you a fortune. Space travel and fashion are two things that never come cheap.
