One former astronaut quipped that the orbital outpost smells like 'jail.'
Former astronaut Catherine "Cady" Coleman told the magazine that astronauts' dirty laundry may be a key culprit. In particular, she dished, some of her fellow astronauts' have a propensity for re-wearing their dirty workout gear — remember, astronauts have toto minimize the loss of bone density and muscle mass — in what became a sort of gross-out locker room-style game.FastCo
. "But despite having a lot of gym clothes onboard, some of the crew were pleased to be conserving supplies — and determined to break the record for longest use of gym clothes." As gross as that sounds, it gets worse. Some crew members were also throwing out their sweaty rags while they were still damp, which alongside being really nasty was also messing with the ship's water levels.
"We recycle all the water — actually collect the humidity out of the air," she added. "When one of the crews started stuffing them wet into the bags on the trash ship, it changed the entire water balance of the station."
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