Smells In Space

China doctor reveals 100 rules for would-be spacemen, Reuters
“The selection process, which the paper said is for the second batch of Chinese astronauts, will disqualify those who have runny noses, ringworm, drug allergies or bad breath. “The bad smell would affect their fellow colleagues in a narrow space,” said Shi Bing Bing, an official with the 454th hospital of People’s Liberation Army air force based in Nanjing, one of the six astronaut health screening hospitals.”
Astronaut doesn’t change his undies for a month, CNet
“I know science thinks it can do everything. I know robots will soon be ordering us around like wait staff at the Ritz. But I am gravely concerned about an experiment that has been going on up there in space. 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.”