In sci.space.tech, on Tue, 10 May 2005 15:00:09 GMT, The Ghost In The Machine sez:
` In sci.physics,
`
` wrote
` on 8 May 2005 22:01:26 -0700
` .com:
` Meanwhile, over in a Mars discussion board, the question has been
` raised about whether one can clean garments during an inter-panetary
` mission, just by exposing them to the vacuum of deep space.
` Let us presume that the major soils are body oils of the groin and
` axillary areas.
`

` There is a problem: it gets cold in space. :-) Will a heater
` be involved?

Make all the clothes out of teflon, then roast 'em at 300C to clean 'em.


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