Yesterday was Towel Day, a day for celebrating the works of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams. Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti apparently agrees with Adams about the supreme usefulness of a towel, and demonstrates how astronauts use them aboard the International Space Station.
In addition to recording a video of herself reading from The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Cristoforetti tweeted pictures of herself and other ISS astronauts using their towels:
A towel is massively useful on the Space Station. For example, you can use it to work your abs on ARED… #TowelDay pic.twitter.com/9azylvjD9X
— Samantha Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) May 25, 2015
Use it to recover water into the recycling system: squirt water into towel, hang towel to dry near ventilation grid. pic.twitter.com/Upze6St6Av
— Samantha Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) May 25, 2015
Use it to show the quirks of water in weightlessness (you have seen that video by @Cmdr_Hadfield, right?) #TowelDay pic.twitter.com/ibvKHnvY5e
— Samantha Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) May 25, 2015
Or use it to intercept floating juice drops. If you miss them, use it to clean up the mess. #TowelDay pic.twitter.com/KEnem8D4nE
— Samantha Cristoforetti (@AstroSamantha) May 25, 2015
We’re convinced. If we’re lucky enough to visit the ISS, we’ll be sure to bring a towel.
[via Laughing Squid]
