Highly functional spacesuit gloves have a potential market outside NASA in commercial high altitude and space flight. As commercial space flight becomes more common, the market for affordable and effective pressure garments will surely increase. The pressure garment glove is perhaps the most critical element of the suit, in terms of motion requirements and effects. FFD is currently marketing itself to the leaders of the commercial space flight industry, including Virgin Galactic and Space X.
Highly functional pressure garment gloves have always been and remain a coveted and marketable product for NASA. Pressure garment gloves directly effect an astronaut's performance in space. In recent years, with NASA's "wall of EVAs" necessary for ISS assembly, we have seen the critical role gloves play in the big picture of spacewalking. Because of the very high cost of EVAs, and their inevitability, investments in more functional spacesuit glove technology have significant payoffs. As astronauts are able to use their hands better in spacewalks, so will they become more efficient and reliable workers. FFD hopes to work with current NASA contractors such as ILC Dover to merge and develop useful new glove technologies.
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