Do USA-people actually perform physics calculations in gallons and all that stuff? Wow.
Showering at the South Pole
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#22Funny how nobody has mentioned sponge baths, they work well for astronauts and hardly use any water.
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#23I wonder if there’s a side market trade of shower minutes. Some people will feel more strongly about cleanliness than others, perhaps they’d be willing to sell or trade shower time..
Take my $100m series A
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#24Heh, I read “mega shower” as “merge shower” and was expected a joke about showering with a colleague to expand time
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#25Quite enjoyed the writing and it’s a fun topic to think about.
Would doing a daily “submarine shower” [0] be the best strategy here for maximising cleanliness? This would be use fifteen seconds with water on to get as wet as possible all over, turn water off and apply soap and shampoo, then water on for the last 15 seconds. (Note I’ve never actually tried this so ymmv)
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#26Do USA-people actually perform physics calculations in gallons and all that stuff? Wow.
Almost as much as we like being called USA-people
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#27Do USA-people actually perform physics calculations in gallons and all that stuff? Wow.
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#28I'll double check tomorrow but I think my shower takes at least 15 seconds to warm up. I'd probably go stinky a bit so I could enjoy more shower time instead of wasting half my rations every day having cold water cramp up my muscles.
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#29This seems preposterous. How hard would it be to put a couple big generators and a winter supply of gas down there?
[edit] no, seriously, why is this so difficult? If you can have one generator and one fuel supply, why not have enough so you're not constantly worried about potable water supply? What's the limiting factor here?