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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dust comes from human skin flakes.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 day ago

Just open two opposite windows.

Well that didn't work (windows outlook debacle).

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Part of it yes, but I'd assume they also clean there sometimes.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Part of it is I don't know how skin particles will act inside a space station. Are there static electricity forces that would make it stick to surfaces, or does it remain suspended in air until the filtration gets to it?

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Static electricity would definitely be a factor, but there’s probably pretty good air circulation and filtering. That combined with regular wipe downs of surfaces probably keeps dust under control.

I know the moon missions in the past had a hell of a time dealing with lunar dust. It’s super fine and static was sticking it to everything.