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(2:20) The ISS has mold issues!
(3:25) How does mold grow without oxygen?
(5:30) Mold found behind clothing wrack
(6:20) Impossible to sterilize
(7:35) Background info
(10:30) low gravity environments
(11:35) Really an ideal place for mold to grow
(12:10) Mold hates fresh moving air
(12:35) Similar to crawl spaces
(14:50) Gravity in space
(17:50) We wrap our houses too tight. They can't breathe.
(19:15) Could space radiation make mold growth worse?
(20:40) Consensus: Even if mold runs out of oxygen, it can stay in dormancy for a long period of time.
(22:30) Not just contaminated with mold
(23:35) 2011 - mold on Japanese model fan
(24:10) 2016 - ISSS Air-duct mold problem
(25:45) You cannot spot treat mold
(26:57) Story - Mike's sister in Germany
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