Astronaut doesn't change his undies for a month

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Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who returned to earth Friday, had been on the International Space Station since March. And, well, I don't know quite how I am to put this, but he didn't change his underwear for a month.

I know what you're thinking. We're both thinking the same thing. Not even in the the darkest, most slovenly days of our student youth did we wear the same pair of knickers for 30 days. Around seven days was our limit. Then we'd at least manage a hand wash in a sink.

But here was the intrepid Wakata, prepared for the sake of all our futures to don anti-static, flame-resistant, odor-eating, bacteria-killing, water-absorbent underpants. Yes, water-absorbent.
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The London Times quoted Wakata as saying, pre-landing: "I haven't talked about this underwear to my crew members." <SNIP> "I wore it for about a month and my station crew members never complained, so I think the experiment went fine," he said.

More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10301463-71.html