As someone who was recently marooned in space, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti likely has a bit of experience with the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have: a towel. Let her read to you why towels are so great from Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in honor of Towel Day—a celebration of Adams’ life—yesterday and explain several ISS-friendly towel functions.
A towel is massively useful on the Space Station. For example, you can use it to work your abs on ARED… #TowelDay pic.twitter.com/9azylvjD9X
— Sam Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) May 25, 2015
Use it to recover water into the recycling system: squirt water into towel, hang towel to dry near ventilation grid. pic.twitter.com/Upze6St6Av
— Sam Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) May 25, 2015
Use it to show the quirks of water in weightlessness (you have seen that video by @Cmdr_Hadfield, right?) #TowelDay pic.twitter.com/ibvKHnvY5e
— Sam Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) May 25, 2015
(She’s referring to this amazing video, by the way.)
Or use it to intercept floating juice drops. If you miss them, use it to clean up the mess. #TowelDay pic.twitter.com/KEnem8D4nE
— Sam Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) May 25, 2015
Truly, Adams was a space travel visionary.
Happy #TowelDay from Expedition 42, half in #space, half back on Earth… we’re froods who know where their towel is! pic.twitter.com/oLvmn8rUXE
— Sam Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) May 25, 2015
(via Our Friend Glen Tickle at Laughing Squid)
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Published: May 26, 2015 01:18 pm