Mars Hoodie
Meet the 3D-knitted space hoodie built by robots here on Earth.
- Double-layered, 3D-knitted hoodie
- Built by the same machines that build mattresses
- Ultra-soft material embedded with anti-bacterial silver microparticles
Life on any early Martian base will be intense – as we’ll have to rebuild everything we take for granted here on Earth. It means downtime will be key. So we’ve started working on chill-out gear for Mars that’s designed to help you feel at home, even if you’re 249 million miles away.
Built by the same machines that build beds, the Mars Hoodie is the ultimate comfort hoodie – it’s what you’ll wear when you’re watching your favourite TV show from Earth on another planet. The double-layered, weighted, 3D knitted hoodie is created out of multi-dimensional fabric, and unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Its padded, sculptural texture is based on the Martian surface, the cooling systems on spacesuits, and the pressurised inflatable buildings likely to become home on our second planet.
Mars Hoodie
Our new Mars Hoodie recreates the planet’s polar dunes at 1:10,000 scale using computers and robots.
Technical Details
Short of leaving the house wearing your duvet, the Mars Hoodie is the closest you’re going to get to lying in your own bed 24/7.
The Mars Hoodie recreates the planet’s polar dunes at 1:10,000 scale using computers and robots.
A sci-fi landscape first photographed by NASA
During Martian winters, more than 3 trillion tonnes of carbon dioxide freezes directly out of the atmosphere, coating the dunes in a blanket of dry ice, trapping them in place and hiding them from view. But when spring arrives, and the ice cap thaws, a sculpted and ever-shifting sci-fi landscape slowly comes to life. And on May 29, 2018, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed the Corduroy Dunes in stunning detail for the first time.
The Corduroy Dunes are the kind of place you’d expect to see the cast of Dune flying over in an Ornithopter if you hung out there long enough.
The Mars Hoodie is a double-layered, weighted, 3D-knitted hoodie created out of multi-dimensional fabric, and unlike anything on Earth.
You’ll want comfort up in space
While you might imagine wanting to take a jetpack or a laser gun to Mars, in reality you’ll be better off taking things that are comfortable, comforting and familiar. Your guitar and photo of your grandparents are more likely to get through the trip. Explorers and astronauts have known this for a long time. It’s why Shackleton took books from his personal library to the Antarctic for him and his men, and why The Space Shuttle Program instituted a PPK allowance (known as a Personal Preference Kit). Since then, astronauts have carried their favourite clothes, national flags and even a saxophone up into space.
Downtime on Mars will be key. And that’s why we’ve built a hoodie that’s designed to feel like you’ve stayed in bed.
Mars clothing won’t all be about state-of-the-art robotics, or built-in life support systems. We’ll need loungewear too.
Clothing can soothe you
The science behind why certain objects soothe us is just starting to be understood. A paper published in 2020 in ‘The Journal of Integrative Medicine,’ showed that weighted blankets and other soft comfort objects reduce anxiety. In children we call these ‘transitional objects’ – something to ease the passage between being by themselves and being connected with another human. It’s why a blanket is one of the first things a child is likely to own, helping them adapt to new situations. Objects like this likely play a similar role for adults, too.
Size + Fit
The Mars Hoodie (Polar Dunes Edition) has a relaxed fit.
Size | XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL |
Fits chest | 83 - 90 | 91 - 98 | 99 - 106 | 107 - 114 | 115 - 122 | 123 - 130 |
Fits waist | 71 - 76 | 76 - 81 | 81 - 86 | 86 - 91 | 91 - 96 | 96 - 101 |
Size | XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL |
Fits chest | 33 - 36 | 36 - 39 | 39 - 42 | 42 - 45 | 45 - 48 | 48 - 51 |
Fits waist | 28 - 30 | 30 - 32 | 32 - 34 | 34 - 36 | 36 - 38 | 38 - 40 |