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Episode 61: Mold in Space?!
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Episode 61: Mold in Space?!

Mold Matters

July 15, 202431m 6s

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Show Notes

(2:20) The ISS has mold issues!

(3:25) How does mold grow without oxygen?

(5:30) Mold found behind clothing wrack

(6:20) Impossible to sterilize

(7:35) Background info

(10:30) low gravity environments

(11:35) Really an ideal place for mold to grow

(12:10) Mold hates fresh moving air

(12:35) Similar to crawl spaces

(14:50) Gravity in space

(17:50) We wrap our houses too tight. They can't breathe.

(19:15) Could space radiation make mold growth worse?

(20:40) Consensus: Even if mold runs out of oxygen, it can stay in dormancy for a long period of time.

(22:30) Not just contaminated with mold

(23:35) 2011 - mold on Japanese model fan

(24:10) 2016 - ISSS Air-duct mold problem

(25:45) You cannot spot treat mold

(26:57) Story - Mike's sister in Germany