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Lalabadietoday at 5:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

Air filtration is one of the hardest things do deal with in space.

I don't know what solvents would do, but I remember that astronauts' bone density loss in space means there are challenges around managing the significant amount of calcium captured by the air scrubbers in the ISS.


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PaulHouletoday at 5:35 PM

Wouldn't the calcium go out in your urine?

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kakaciktoday at 6:45 PM

Do they literally sweat their bones away? I can imagine how it would work on molecular level via sweat / breathing, but I would expect >99% to be simply pissed and shat away.