This luxurious purse is produced from the fabric NASA makes use of to gather comet mud

Area and style lovers have a crossover accent proper now, and it isn’t simply because there are some moons and stars dotted throughout it. Coperni, a French luxurious model, has unveiled the Air Swipe Bag, made completely of NASA’s nanomaterial silica aerogel, Fast Company reports. Scientist Steve Jones first created the substance for NASA’s 1999 Stardust mission, which introduced samples again from the Wild 2 comet.

The Air Swipe Bag weighs just one.1 ounces, with simply 0.2 p.c of its matter truly tangible. The remainder is air that strikes by means of the Aerogel’s trillions of channels. Aerogel is famend for its light-weight construct, taking the title of lightest matter within the Nineteen Nineties, with a second model breaking that report. NASA beforehand dubbed the substance “stable smoke,” and one take a look at the bag reveals how true that assertion is. Coperni’s Instagram submit even had one Instagram person remark: “This seems to be like my bong when it is crammed with smoke and I am obsessed.”

Whereas Aerogel is simply getting used to create a small bag, on this case, it is one sturdy accent. The substance can maintain 4,000 occasions its weight (way over this purse can match) and face up to as much as 2,200 levels Fahrenheit. It is no shock then that, when not being made into luggage, Aerogel has been used for duties reminiscent of insulating Mars rovers.

The Air Swipe Bag is not listed on the market on Coperni’s web site but, however if you need an adjunct this highly effective, it is possible going to price you. Area journey and style are two issues that by no means come low-cost.