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A winter wear line designed with NASA inspired tech!

Oros (previously called Lukla) has designed a winter wear incorporating its proprietary formulation of the spacesuit insulator material used by NASA

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USA: Bringing the space age technology to winter wear, Oros (previously called Lukla) has designed a new line of winter wear incorporating its proprietary formulation of the spacesuit insulator. The winter wear utilizes SolarCore aerogel as insulation which  make it incredibly warm, thin (3mm only), lightweight and comfortable.

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Aerogel, a space age material used by NASA, is an extremely lightweight material that is actually 90-percent air and is the lowest thermal conductor on the planet. This low conductive property is what makes it an ideal insulation for insulating space suits, the space shuttle tiles and it is also used to blanket oil pipelines.

“Aerogel is an amazing insulator; it has to be since NASA uses it in outer space where the temperature is only 2 degrees above absolute zero. We did incredibly well with our first line of jackets a year ago and now with the second generation, we have improved the aerogel to make the jackets even lighter and thinner and have added gloves, beanies and snowpants to our line,” said Michael Markesbery, founder, Oros.

Oros jacket weighs only 40 ounces (2.5 lbs and 38% lighter than the first generation jacket) and is lighter than similar high end thermal ski jackets. It uses very lightweight outer fabric which is waterproof and windproof.

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Oros gloves incorporate SolarCore aerogel and have special technology which allows them to be self-heating without batteries. Oros beanies are knitted and insulated with SolarCore aerogel.

The gears have also been battle tested from mountains in Nepal to being blasted with liquid nitrogen (-321 degrees F).

The Oros jacket, gloves and beanie are available on Kickstarter where the company has set a $310,000 goal, but the founders are out to raise $1 million.

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