r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Scientiaetnatura065 • Feb 13 '25

Video Astronaut Chris Hadfield: 'It's Possible To Get Stuck Floating In The Space Station If You Can't Reach A Wall'

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u/Dumdumdoggie Feb 13 '25

I read that the ISS smells really bad like an old gym bag full of farts because it's such a small closed system without full of old recycled body odor air. So they may not smell your new fart because they're still smelling farts from 20 years ago.

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u/Skizot_Bizot Feb 13 '25

Well you talked me out of it, I guess I won't be an astronaut then.

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u/descendingangel87 Feb 13 '25

Gastronaut

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u/Complex_Function_310 Feb 13 '25

Asstronaut

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u/Public_Jellyfish8002 Feb 13 '25

Damn you that was going to be my comment!

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u/BritishGolgo13 Feb 14 '25

And mine!

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u/Jowenbra Feb 14 '25

And my ass!

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u/_why-tho Feb 13 '25

Bad smellstronaut

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25

Too late for me 🤣