space quest 0 quest for salt

[questman]

I am still stuck in space quest 0.Radiant said to use the
salt on the slime devil to get the traffic boot off the space
ship.But cannot find the salt .Can someone please help

[Radiant]

Human sweat contains salt.

You can get sweat by

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using the exercise machine

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then

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dry yourself with the towel

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And there's a machine to extract salt from that,

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just before the airlock

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This puzzle is a bit obtuse but actually it's kind of well-explained if you had read all the books/computers/stuff in the game so far.

[questman]

thanks again radiant