An essential service?

How is the laundry done?


Christopher
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"Never take anything for granted."

Benjamin Disraeli

Christopher wrote:

How is the laundry done?

They put dirty laundry in Progress. Progress goes back to earth. Couple days
later, a new Progress arrives with cool clean fresh clothes.

I know they have expereimented with washing clothes. (ironically the same way
I had done mine in the desert) but putting clothes in a ziplok bag with some
water in it). But i do not know if this was just an experiment, or something
they do on a regular basis with some type of clothing.

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:39:17 -0500, John Doe wrote:

Christopher wrote:

How is the laundry done?

They put dirty laundry in Progress. Progress goes back to earth. Couple
days later, a new Progress arrives with cool clean fresh clothes.

Yep, those clothes get pretty well sanitized/sterilized on the way down!
Agitation built in.

Once upon a time, part of the westbound cargo on clipper ships heading to
China from San Francisco was dirty laundry; six months later you had your
clean fresh garments returned, along with your block of tea. Maybe the
space parachute will make this practical....

/dps

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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:39:17 -0500, John Doe wrote:

Christopher wrote:

How is the laundry done?

They put dirty laundry in Progress. Progress goes back to earth. Couple days
later, a new Progress arrives with cool clean fresh clothes.

Cool. Be interesting what they think of on a Mars mission.




Christopher
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"Never take anything for granted."

Benjamin Disraeli