Special sheets keep warm for millions of people around the world

Appeared after shark attacks, marathons, earthquakes and even after terrorist attacks like in Paris last year . today, space blankets and capital goods are Designed for astronauts, appearing more and more around the world, helping millions of people keep their bodies warm.

Space blankets - or Space Blanket - most appeared in recent years are in photographs of migrants on a dangerous sea route crossing the Mediterranean to Europe. When meeting the rescue force, each migrant is given a blanket to keep his body warm.

Although it is called a blanket, it is actually a large piece of foil , silver on one side and gold on the other. For some special reason, this sheet is designed like that. Space blankets have almost no weight, it is a sheet of plastic paper coated with vaporized aluminum to help them have a strong reflection, acting as a shield against cold temperatures, high winds and Helps keep heat for the human body.

Space blankets help migrants keep warm their bodies very effectively.(Source: CNN).

Space blankets were originally built for the purpose of serving space missions. The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) used the same material as space blankets to protect many of their space shuttle from harsh environments in space. The first time it was used was to cover the Skylab from thermal overload after it lost a heat shield during launch, according to NASA.

"The role of heat-resistant panels for spacecraft is like clothes for humans," said Mike Weiss, the Hubble telescope program manager.

But later, space blankets are becoming more and more widely used, mainly in cases of emergency first aid: Keeping long-distance athletes warm, who often lose heat quickly after Finish the run or the victims are attacked by sharks, people who lose a lot of blood lead to heat loss. Mountain climbers or campers also regularly use this type of blanket because they can easily buy it outside the market for nearly 4 USD.

Many hospitals in the US also use space blankets as indispensable equipment for their employees and patients in the freezing environment in the operating room.

Although it is called a blanket, it is actually a large-sized banknote.

And this type of blanket is most likely to be encountered after every natural disaster , including a major earthquake that destroyed many villages around the Himalaya mountains and towns in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan in 2005. Time. At that point, more than 150,000 space blankets were distributed to the victims who were trembling from the cold.

During the migration crisis in Europe, space blankets play an equally important role as a lifeboat, especially for those who migrate across the sea in cold winters, when temperatures fall below negative while cold water temperature can be lethal.

Last July, the Topaz Responder, the European Offshore Support Station, organized a rescue campaign for 366 people who migrated during the night. As soon as they boarded the rescue ship, each of these immigrants was given a space blanket to fight the frostblow, many of them wrapped the blanket around their bodies to sleep on the deck.

When the rescue ship docked in a port in Italy, many migrants also used this block to make a headscarf or cloak.

Space blankets act as a shield against cold temperatures, high winds and help retain heat for the human body.

After each such campaign, many of these space blankets floated off the coast or were left near the concentration camps, so that some photographers took pictures, or many gathered them to create should the art work.

Recently, in Turkey's city of Istanbul, artist Cristina Ghinassi took advantage of the protective features and contrast of space blankets to show her connection to migrants and audiences.

This blanket is also part of an art show in June for Migrants in Leicester, England. During the show, this silver-gold two-color blanket was made into flags to plug in the downtown plaza, with the aim of supporting migrants.

Another artist, James Bridle, has a similar idea when creating flags from space blankets for use in an event to support migrants in Ellinikon, Greece in January this year. Bridle called it "A flag of no nation" and used it to call for support for migrants to the country.