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   In article <42927B46.F5D4B4EC@frontiernet.net>,   
      Joann Evans  wrote:   
   >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?   
      
   I'd be more worried about the bits that sluff off getting   
   into circuits and stuff.  Take a look inside a PC that has   
   been setting around in a large, airy space in a home.   
      
   /BAH   
      
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