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- From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts)
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- Subject: Re: Biosphere 2
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 04:57:46 GMT
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- -From: dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz)
- -Subject: Re: Bio-sphere II
- -Date: 21 Jan 93 13:18:03 GMT
- -Organization: University of Rochester
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- -I have read, however, that the Shuttle is pretty rank at the end of a
- -flight. Is this true?
-
- During one of the STS-54 press conferences (near the end of the mission)
- it was mentioned that there was an odor from the "wet trash" (banana peels,
- food wrappers, etc.), but not from the new WCS. Apparently the trash bin
- is supposed to be ventilated by a vacuum line (not sure whether there's a
- pump involved, or whether they just run a pipe to the outside), and they
- determined that there was a vacuum on the line, so they weren't quite sure
- what the problem was.
-
- I think the air from the WCS is run through a chemical filter and fed back
- into the cabin.
-
- Since they made a point of remarking on it, I'd guess there usually isn't
- too much of a problem with odor.
-
- John Roberts
- roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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