[Closed] Is there a washing machine on the ISS?

And do they hang them outside to dry?

Not such a silly question:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/30/astronauts_to_get_clean_underwear/

Best thread ever!! 😀

What would happen on the spin cycle in a zero gravity environment?

Do they have bidets?

GrahamS

And do they hang them outside to dry?

That would actually work, but it would take a while, because you would have to wait for the water to sublimate from it's frozen state into water vapour in the low pressure environment

(basically, you stick your wet clothes on the line, real it out the air lock, and the water will pretty much freeze immediately, then slowly, due to the low pressure, the ice will sublimate to water vapour)

More importantly, now we have "women" in space, do they get forced to do the washing?? 😉

(I jest of course, it would be massively sexist to suggest the women should be relegated to washing for the men. (when they should quite clearly be spending their time making dinner for them..... 😉 /1865

I think water may be more important to someone trapped in space than clean clothes freshly sublimated 😉

So you're suggesting that they should reclaim the sublimated pants water for reuse then junky?

They could make soup.

The costs of sending anything into space - between $5,000 and $10,000 per 500g

Blimey something actually more expensive per gram than saving weight on your bike.

They could make soup.

There's a dragon up there somewhere to do that.

avdave2 - Member
The costs of sending anything into space - between $5,000 and $10,000 per 500g
Blimey something actually more expensive per gram than saving weight on your bike.

Sounds like Royal Mails new pricing structure.

No. There is however a **** ing sock

There is however a **** sock

Just the one?

avdave2
The costs of sending anything into space - between $5,000 and $10,000 per 500g

Does that make the ISS's acoustic guitar the most expensive guitar in the world???

Sadly, it occurred to me that the reality of this is a probably a little more fetid than in the film.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/12/gravity-got-sandra-bullocks-underwear-wrong-video_n_4258671.html

I reckon there must be an outtake from the film where she gets splatted by the sock.