Dirty Hotel Rooms ? Try the Space Station

[Lakewood90712]

NASA has a bit of a problem at the ISS.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/08/iss-bacteria-nasa/

Bacteria all over the place. Human source Bacteria. Yuck.

Sucks to be an Astronaut right now , even more than usual

Send everyone home for a few weeks and Fumigate?

Would total elimination of oxygen for some time kill the Bacteria ?

 

[GrayHare]

Fortunately, in space no one can hear you scream.

 

[kgtest]

Paving the way for a new ISS v2.0 aka Space-a-lago

 

[Lakewood90712]

Send up a case of Lysol on the next re supply ship ?

 

[Walt34]

Would total elimination of oxygen for some time kill the Bacteria ?

That should do it - oh, wait, there's not enough suits in the right size for everybody.

 

[Sunset]

We have the same bacteria things here, as it all came from the people on the space station, so nothing new here.

 

[NW-Bound]

Yuck!

Note an excerpt from the above linked article (the added boldface is mine):

.... As part of the study, the team used both traditional culture techniques and gene sequencing methods to analyse surface samples collected in eight locations on the ISS, including the viewing window, the toilet -- which recently burst, spewing two gallons of water on the US crew -- exercise platform, dining table and sleeping quarters, during three flights across 14 months.

PS. On the plus side, they have not reported any problem with bedbugs.

 

[MichaelB]

From the linked article (my bold)

As part of the study, the team used both traditional culture techniques and gene sequencing methods to analyse surface samples collected in eight locations on the ISS, including the viewing window, the toilet -- which recently burst, spewing two gallons of water on the US crew -- exercise platform, dining table and sleeping quarters, during three flights across 14 months.

I’m not a doctor or scientist, but I wonder if the burst toilet had anything to do with finding “bacteria all over the place”.

 

[NW-Bound]

The same paragraph caught my eyes too.

Perhaps the water that was spewed was laden with bacteria?

 

[Lakewood90712]

Intense UV light as a disinfectant?