Nobody on the International Space Station does laundry, so underwear is budgeted for two days and pants for 30 — NASA has estimated about 75 kilograms of clean clothing per astronaut per year, while the dirty clothes are packed into departing cargo ships and eventually burn up in the atmosphere

In orbit, astronauts face a calculus unknown to earthbound life: how many times can you wear the same underwear before it becomes a liability 22,000 miles above the planet. The post Nobody on the International Space Station does laundry, so…

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1. SpaceDaily 22 Sep
   Nobody on the International Space Station does laundry, so underwear is budgeted for two days and pants for 30 — NASA has estimated about 75 kilograms of clean clothing per astronaut per year, while the dirty clothes are packed into departing cargo ships and eventually burn up in the atmosphere ↗