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Taking Out The Trash In Space Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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No one takes out the trash in space. In the cramped living quarters of a space station, garbage can pile up, spoil and become a health hazard for astronauts.There has never been a good system for dealing with space waste -- the space shuttle now brings full trash bags back to Earth; on the Russian space station MIR, junk would accumulate in hallways for months before it was sent to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. (source: news.cornell.edu)
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