NASA, with the tampons.

  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    Nah. Heat is a real issue on the space station. Maybe a 6 pack for the three Xonauts that were up there, but excess sweating and excess heat production is a real concern for the ISS, or really any spacecraft, they have heatsinks that stick into a vacuum, and that is the problem. The vacuum is only ≈3K, or -270.15° C, but a vacuum is not particularly receptive to heat dispersal. Up on the ISS or any other spacecraft, you really wouldn’t want alcohol at all. It would absolutely cause you to burn too hot, causing excess heat to be introduced into the system.

    Weed edibles should be a better option. Specifically NOT flower or concentrates since even a vape is going to be introducing, potentially, too much heat into the craft.

    Actually, I wanna see some Xonauts do some Shrooms.

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      24 hours ago

      The vacuum is only ≈3K, or -270.15° C, but a vacuum is not particularly receptive to heat dispersal.

      This is true for all of the black parts of the sky.

      It is not true for that big yellow ball that shines on the space station half of the time. That big yellow ball is as bright and hot as a hot desert day on the surface. Daylight can raise the vacuum temp up to +250 or +300 C. And it also means that the night time temps don’t cool down all the way to 3K.

      So the ISS is continuously exposed to these thermal cycles on the outside. As a heat load these should dwarf any marginal heat loads introduced by whatever recreational drugs. And the station has to have radiator capacity handle it all plus margin. Remember, too, that the ISS crew also has to do hard exercise 2 hours per day.

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        22 hours ago

        So what you’re saying is the cooling system would in fact be OK with my 100 beer ration

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          20 hours ago

          Yes, but you won’t be okay with the two hour treadmill sessions after drinking 100 beers.