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SpaceAholic
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posted 03-03-2017 10:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceAholic   Click Here to Email SpaceAholic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
RealClearScience looks at some of the reasons Why Space Travel Can Be Absolutely Disgusting:
The microgravity of space can lead to a lot of disgusting situations. If you think carpet spills are hard to clean, try collecting floating vomit, or desiccated skin.

"The calluses on your feet in space will eventually fall off," astronaut Scott Kelly revealed in a Reddit AMA. "So, the bottoms of your feet become very soft like newborn baby feet. But the top of my feet develop rough alligator skin because I use the top of my feet to get around here on space station when using foot rails."

Robert Pearlman
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To that end, from astronaut Jack Fischer on Twitter, who is slated to launch April 20 to the International Space Station:
On orbit, feet molt like snakes — Peggy Whitson mandated a pedi so we don't swim through our own foot skin. Git R done? Got R did w/my girls!!

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Apart from the things mentioned in the article referenced, Bob Overmyer reported that on STS-51B there was a malfunction in the container housing the animals on board and that for most of the flight the crew were breathing an atmosphere with a brown haze.

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