Without adhering to political correctness there may be a reason why little boys always thought it would be cool to be an astronaut. Boys are routinely depicted as enjoying being dirty and disliking baths/showers. With that thought in mind astronauts have gone without showers while in space relying mostly on sponge baths. Skylab was equipped with a shower like contraption that was a floor to ceiling tarp to prevent water from escaping and a nitrogen pressurized water bottle for a shower head. With the average time to use the "shower" being around 2 hours most folks stuck with sponge baths. Space stations and exploration vehicles are said to smell like a combination or antiseptic, garbage, gunpowder, barbeque, and BO. Now we all know the real reason for the decontamination chambers!
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