Astronaut Koichi Wakata, who is returning to earth from months at the International Space Station, has revealed that he’s been sporting a brand new pair of J-Ware briefs for the last few weeks without changing.
Unlike any normal kind of underwear, the new high-tech briefs are designed by a team in Japan to be odour-free.
“I haven’t talked about this underwear to my crew members. But I wore them for about a month, and my station crew members never complained for about a month, so I think the experiment went fine,” The Christian Science Monitor quoted Wakata as saying.
Wakata reportedly drew a big laugh from his colleagues.
Due back on Earth on Friday, Wakata has said that the antistatic, flame-retardant underwear made his life in space very comfortable.
The J-Wear line is designed by textile experts at the Women’s University in Tokyo, and is said to be made of anti-bacterial, water-absorbent, odour-eliminating material.
“We’ll see the results after landing,” said Wakata.
