If you were a kid during the space race, with dreams of traveling to the stars one day, of walking in the footsteps of your brave astronaut heroes, it was time to get an early start on your training regimen and that required the must-have footwear of the era, a sturdy set of Moon Boots.

Fashioned after the clunky platform boots worn by all the real astronauts, Moon Boots were a weatherproof boot, complete with thick rubber soles providing plenty of traction and waterproof nylon tops to complete the look. And speaking of looks, they were just about the coolest looking shoe a future space traveler could ever hope to own.

Even if you lived in a balmy part of the country where treacherous winter weather never materialized, it mattered little. There was still rocky soil to traverse, puddles to navigate through, and any other surface you could think of where a regular shoe just wasn’t up to the arduous task. Nope, you could always find a good excuse to wear the Moon Boot, even if the sole purpose was to look cool in front of your friends.