Not really rhetorical: Sweat itself is basically odorless. Body odor is caused by skin flora, bacteria that turn that sweat into nasty-smelling byproducts. Like most living things nowadays, those bacteria require oxygen - of which there is essentially zip in Martian air.
So technically, if you had an air supply yourself and were living in a warm enough environment that you weren't in a pressure suit anyway, you'd find that you wouldn't necessarily be unpopular if you skipped a shower now and then.
It seems odd that Kirk's would choose this whole idea for an ad campaign, since even back then it was believed that Mars was facing a serious water shortage, and soap might not be the first item on their shopping list!
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Date: 2016-01-23 08:14 pm (UTC)At cable car speed, that load of soap would be reaching Mars right about… now.
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Date: 2016-01-23 08:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-23 08:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-23 08:56 pm (UTC)Not really rhetorical: Sweat itself is basically odorless. Body odor is caused by skin flora, bacteria that turn that sweat into nasty-smelling byproducts. Like most living things nowadays, those bacteria require oxygen - of which there is essentially zip in Martian air.
So technically, if you had an air supply yourself and were living in a warm enough environment that you weren't in a pressure suit anyway, you'd find that you wouldn't necessarily be unpopular if you skipped a shower now and then.
It seems odd that Kirk's would choose this whole idea for an ad campaign, since even back then it was believed that Mars was facing a serious water shortage, and soap might not be the first item on their shopping list!
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Date: 2016-01-24 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-24 02:32 pm (UTC)...those dirty, dirty Martians...