Wednesday, November 30, 2011

NASA commissions space washing machine for astronauts' dirty laundry

NASA commissions space washing machine for astronauts' dirty laundry

It seems that when you're in space, you will no longer have the luxury of changing your underwear everyday. Instead astronauts only get to change their underwear every 3-4 days. This is due to the costs of sending goods into space which reportedly costs between $5,000-$10,000 per 500g, making sending a daily supply of underwear a ridiculously expensive experience. So much so that NASA has tasked a small disinfectant business UMPQUA to create a washing machine that can be used in space.

Ubergizmo, NASA commissions space washing machine for astronauts' dirty laundry

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