Your Adidas Sneakers in Space
Adidas Onboard the International Space Station Source: Adidas experiments on the ISS in space Putting Running Tech to the Distance Test Adidas is really going the distance. It just sent running shoe material aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station. The purpose is to develop the most comfortable, high performance running shoes from experimentation in the harsh conditions of space. The German based footwear giant is performing the first ever footwear research in space. One Big Boost in Zero-Gravity Boost pellets made of the same plastic that Adidas integrates into the soles of its Boost sneakers and other running shoes are undergoing scientific experimentation in space. This will give Adidas the opportunity to test their performance and maximum configuration in sneakers without the interference of gravity. World's Longest Scientific Marathon The plastic pellets are made of two difference polymers with slightly different molec...