XPost: sci.physics, rec.aviation.homebuilt   
   From: bondage@frontiernet.net   
      
   Nog wrote:   
   >   
   >  wrote in message   
   > news:1115614886.065690.116860@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...   
   > > 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.   
      
      
      Now, stop and think about what you're saying...do you really want to   
   *ingest* material that's too dirty to wear? Think about the basis of the   
   insult; "Eat my shorts."   
      
      
   > 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.   
      
      
      Remember this, next time someone brings up sex in space (and I mean   
   crews, not tourists) again.   
      
      And...what becomes of the sponges?   
      
      
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