Nobody on the International Space Station does laundry, so underwear is budgeted for two days and pants for 30 — NASA has estimated about 75 kilograms of clean clothing per astronaut per year, while the dirty clothes are packed into departing cargo ships and eventually burn up in the atmosphere
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On the International Space Station, laundry is not an option, so underwear is budgeted for two days and pants for about 30. NASA estimates roughly 75 kilograms of clean clothing per astronaut per year, with dirty clothes packed into departing cargo ships that burn up in the atmosphere.
In orbit, astronauts face a calculus unknown to earthbound life: how many times can you wear the same underwear before it becomes a liability roughly 250 miles above the planet. The post Nobody on the International Space Station does laundry, so underwear is budgeted for two days and pants for 30 — NASA has estimated about 75 kilograms of clean clothing per astronaut per year, while the dirty clothes are packed into departing cargo ships and eventually burn up in the atmosphere appeared first on Space Daily .
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