asics for astronauts

Cool Hunter, not to be confused with Cool Hunting reports on a new sneaker that defies all ideas of future design – an astronaut’s sneaker. The article says: ‘Shoe manufacturing isn’t generally considered rocket science but a new sneaker by Japanese shoemaker, Asics, comes close. The shoe – designed to make space travel more comfortable and to help astronauts keep their muscles from wasting in gravity-free outer space – is being developed with the help of the Japanese space agency’.