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davidmcdavidsonson t1_jac4bma wrote

Fortunately, there's not much dirt in space and you can't smell anything so they can wear the same clothes a lot

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MrLambNugget t1_jac5qxf wrote

Pretty sure you can smell since the astronouts are not in vaccum

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howiMetYourStepDad t1_jacg71n wrote

Pretty sure they can smell, also if they were in vaccum.... they couldnt breath so.

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ElemLight t1_jacot63 wrote

Just read some interviews from astronauts, they reported that they can smell on like the iss for example and that it had a particular ozone smell to it. There is something about body fluids lessening the sense of smell, but according to the astronauts, not so much.

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sam_najian OP t1_jacyjn5 wrote

Well in irss there are astronauts that have clothes and can smell, but apparently they dont wash clothes they just "toss" them, which i dont know if that means actually tossing them in space or what.

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Ryimax t1_jadda5x wrote

Probably putting them on the automatic supply capsules on their way back down. That's what they do with all their other trash

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JeoffreyDommer t1_jad3pmd wrote

Y... you know they have air inside the space ships and stations, right?

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