More than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts grappled with a toilet problem | CNN
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The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission currently hurtling through space have had a largely quiet journey so far. Very few in-flight issues have cropped up that could disrupt their peace of mind.
  • Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml
    14·
    4 days ago

    First an aircraft carrier and now a space capsule, the US is even losing the john-race to China. Maybe the US should contract all toilet designing to Japan.

    Joanna at the Ames Research Laboratory, “I told them that refried beans in pouch was a mistake, but no one would listen.”

  • Evil_Shrubbery
    7·
    4 days ago

    … butts out the window & let vacuum do the rest …

    Then awkwardly watch the poop settle into orbit around the craft.

    (Ofc both are jokes, craft doesn’t have enough mass & is manoeuvring too much to really observe a nice orbit, & we all know you shouldn’t expose your butt to aliens, not in this part if the galaxy.)

    • OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml
      8·
      4 days ago

      Plus release of mass in this way would cause the spacecraft to spin or veer off course. Unless multiple astronauts would poop simultaneously, in equal volumes and at equal fart thrusts, on a symmetrical axis around the hull. Due to American over-reliance on technology, I find it hard to believe that NASA would have trained for this eventuality.

      • Evil_Shrubbery
        4·
        4 days ago

        Solid boosters will soon be just some IBS folk holding on to the main capsule.