• Drusas@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    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.