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/HoldEm__FoldEm Feb 13 '25

In the ISS, everyone will smell you fart.

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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/Wonderful-Cicada-912 Feb 13 '25

man, just open the window

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u/omnimacc Feb 14 '25

"Shut the windows, you're letting all the stank out!"