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> Also everything that goes to the station stays there What's the reasoning behind that? Presumably people bring back clothes and other personal affects right

• retrac 4y ago
  Personal effects must be like 1% (approximately) of what they ship in, by weight. Consider things like the consumables and construction equipment.
• ceejayoz 4y ago
  Given the cost of getting things there, it's probably polite to leave things like movies that you could easily replace back home, so others have them to watch.
• ctdonath 4y ago
  Most things are probably cheaper to replace than to bring back from the most remote area on Earth, and far cheaper to leave for someone else to use than make them bring their own. If unwanted, it’s trash - too expensive to move when there’s presumably an acceptable landfill right there (may sound environmentally unfriendly, but hauling trash back is likely worse).
  • mlindner 4y ago
    If I remember right they're actually required to ship all trash back. There are no trash landfills in Antarctica.