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Topic: Why female astronauts don't cut their hair?
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Teacher in space
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Registered: Sep 2013
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posted 09-15-2013 03:35 AM
  
Does someone here have any information of astronaut hairstyles?Most male astronauts seem to shave their hair during long space missions. Has there been any female astronauts doing that? Has there been some rules that female astronaut should keep their long hair for better pictures? Long hair looks very unpractical and it has to feel horrible when proper washing is not possible. I cant imagine (If I would get to spacestation) keeping my long hair. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-15-2013 07:09 AM
Not all female astronauts have long hair, and among those that do, some do choose to cut it. For example, Astronaut cuts her hair in space for charity. Here are photos of Peggy Whitson and Suni Williams getting haircuts in space. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-15-2013 10:44 AM
I'm sure there is no cynical reason why female astronauts have long hair other than a personal desire. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 09-16-2013 09:22 AM
It does make for some amusing in-flight 'bad hair day' photos, though.  |
SkyMan1958
Member Posts: 867
From: CA.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 09-16-2013 09:28 PM
There is a description in Mike Mullane's, "Riding Rockets", about an accident that occurred with Judy Resnik's hair on STS-41D. It got caught in an IMAX camera, causing the camera to jam. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 09-19-2013 10:59 AM
Sure long hair can jam, but who is to say that it's more "unpractical" than anything else? Slightly tongue-in-cheek, but legs aren't really used in space, and there's a size limit to Soyuz capsules anyway... |
Teacher in space
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Registered: Sep 2013
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posted 10-17-2013 11:37 PM
I accidentally found an answer to my question from this video: |
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