How do they deal with dead skin in the air, cough spatter and other small flying things in space stations?

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How do they deal with dead skin in the air, cough spatter and other small flying things in space stations?

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Major Tim Peake actually discussed this on yesterday’s No Such Thing As A Fish podcast. Because you don’t walk or use your feet as you would on earth, after a few weeks or months in space your feet shed dead skin like crazy. They have suction vents they have to take their socks off next to to catch all the dead skin.

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