alt Hacker NewsSurely they can find simpler natural products which don't pose problems. It's crazy the premium placed on comfort. I'm sure astronauts would barely notice the absence of the chemical from the products.
There are so many useless chemicals in modern products... Like foamers in shampoos... You don't need that crap, it works fine without it... But us humans are so stupid that we think that if the shampoo ain't foaming, it ain't working. Same story with artificial colours. Human idiocy and suggestibility to marketing is infuriating. Bahhhh bahhhh. Mooo mooooo.
> There are so many useless chemicals in modern products... Like foamers in shampoos... You don't need that crap, it works fine without it...
But does it work fine in zero-G, and does the "natural" alternative interact with any other process on the space station?
This sort of substitution is trivial here on Earth, and quite complex in a tiny closed ecosystem spinning through the cosmos