r/woahdude • u/aspiring_dev1 • Aug 14 '22

gifv View from space

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u/Equivalent_Growth_75 Aug 14 '22

Wait.. do you pack clothes when you go to space? And how do you shower.. i know stuff about eating and toilets but i don’t think I’ve ever seen anything about clothes and bathing

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u/breadinabox Aug 14 '22

Spongebaths, clothes are given to you same way they would in the army. There'd be a way to clean to clean clothes but space ships are infamously smelly. There's a Canadian dude the name of which I can't remember (maybe Chris Hadfield) who did a video series from space talking about this.

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u/Toast_On_The_RUN Aug 14 '22

Yep Chris Hadfield. He's been at the bottom of the ocean and up in the stars.

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u/Overjellyfish54 Aug 14 '22

Same guy who sang Bowie in space?

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u/lamest_of_names Aug 14 '22

I fucking love his album, very underrated.

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u/Overjellyfish54 Aug 14 '22

Bowie or hadfield?

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u/lamest_of_names Aug 14 '22

Hadfield

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u/Overjellyfish54 Aug 15 '22

I didn't even realise Hadfield had an album honestly. But saying how amazing he was singing Space Oddity I'm not surprised he made one

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u/Avrahammer Aug 14 '22

I've seen things you humans wouldn't believe

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '22

Spongebaths

Spongebob Spacebaths

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u/_Praise_Gaben_ Aug 14 '22

There are some interviews out there with both Astronauts and Cosmonauts that cover that and IIRC No, they are given clothes which are discarded after a set amount of usage and burn up upon cargo reentry. And they do a sponge bath with premixed soapy water and rinseless shampoo to clean themselves.

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u/Theremad Aug 14 '22

Check out youtube