Mars Pants
Built from ballistic nylon and designed to make colonising our next planet a little bit easier.
- Outer material is 100% ballistic nylon
- Eight pockets for all your gear
- Warm and windproof
The last time we colonised a planet was around 50,000 years ago. And it led to the invention of clothing and complex tools, as well as the rapid evolution of languages, architecture and society. Now we’re at a unique point in human history where we have the ability to save our own planet at the same time as colonise new ones. So we’re designing for both. Because the future won’t invent itself.
Engineers, explorers, pilots, architects and scientists are all going to need gear up in space. And there’s a lot to design for – from shifting gravitational fields and space adaptation syndrome, to bathroom breaks. Which is why our Mars gear comes with a vomit pocket made from 3D printed Nylon powder, anti-gravity pockets for shifting gravity fields, and a horizontal fly based on flight gear.
Here on Earth you can wear our Mars Pants just like regular sweatpants. They just happen to be crazily warm and windproof, built from ballistic nylon, and come with 8 pockets. They’re also the toughest pants we’ve ever made, and designed to work here, or on any planet we choose to land on.
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 |