Lee Duna to SpaceEnglish • 1 year agoA Horrifying Thing Happens to Your Fingernails After a Walk in Spacewww.sciencealert.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down110cross-posted to: news
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkA Horrifying Thing Happens to Your Fingernails After a Walk in Spacewww.sciencealert.comLee Duna to SpaceEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: news
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink161•1 year agoThe “horrible thing” is fingernail loss, which mostly occurs after a prolonged spacewalk. It occurs more often in poorly-fitted gloves and in women, but can occur in well-fitted gloves and in men. Those are basically all of the facts in the article.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•1 year agoI was expecting it to be a lot more exciting than something that also happens to your toes on earth if you do too much long distance running.
The “horrible thing” is fingernail loss, which mostly occurs after a prolonged spacewalk. It occurs more often in poorly-fitted gloves and in women, but can occur in well-fitted gloves and in men.
Those are basically all of the facts in the article.
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I was expecting it to be a lot more exciting than something that also happens to your toes on earth if you do too much long distance running.