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Maine maker wins NASAโ€™s glove challenge

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This is rad, a fellow made a glove from things found at Home Depot/eBay and won the NASA glove design challenge โ€”

Coming up with a glove to be worn in the void of space is not a typical design challenge, but an engineer from Maine has impressed NASA with a design he came up with at his kitchen table. Peter Homer, 45, won $200,000 in NASAโ€™s โ€œAstronaut Glove Challengeโ€ at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks this week. โ€œI was a little surprised, but Iโ€™m definitely very happy about it,โ€ he said Friday.

Homer, of Southwest Harbor, Maine, said heโ€™ll use the money โ€œto buy food and pay the mortgage.โ€

His design beat out two other submitted by an international team of engineers and a costume designer from Brooklyn who worked with Victoria Secret models.

Homer said he bought materials from Home Depot and eBay. He used fabric, metal, aluminum and, for the glovesโ€™ inner liner, latex kitchen gloves.

Maine Man Wins NASAโ€™s Glove Challenge โ€“ Link.

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