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   From: nognog@adelphia.net   
      
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   > Meanwhile, over in a Mars discussion board, the question has been   
   > raised about whether one can clean garments during an inter-panetary   
   > mission, just by exposing them to the vacuum of deep space.   
   > Let us presume that the major soils are body oils of the groin and   
   > axillary areas.   
   >   
   They could make clothes edible. Then you could eat them after you are done   
   wearing them. Save all that water with washing clothes.   
   They make paper clothes. I'm sure they can make clothes out of grain or soy   
   that you can eat.   
   On the other hand I don't see why they just can't work naked and take a   
   sponge bath daily. You don't need clothes in a controled environment. All it   
   needs is a change in attitude. Clothes are a learned thing. Not a natural or   
   necessary thing. Modesty is learned and unnecessary.   
      
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