Not even joking when I say that not shitting in a plastic bag in front of the rest of the crew is one of the greatest improvements of Artemis over Apollo.
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My 5 year old was asking me about where the astronauts will poop so this is actually useful to know!
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*When astronauts first made their way to the moon, they did so without a toilet. The Apollo program’s system of plastic bags and funnels was so unwieldy and messy that crew members found it “objectionable” and “distasteful,” according to a subsequent NASA report. But now, more than a half century since the last crewed lunar voyages and their toilet troubles, the four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission will take flight with a more commodious bathroom in tow.*
10/10 use of commodious
SpatulaWholesale on
With no lander to stretch their legs in during the trip, are the astronauts in their seats for the whole 10 days?
GuidoTheRed on
“A more commodious bathroom”…the puns in this article are on-point
Roxysteve on
When Skylab was A Thing the only part that was rated as a 100% success was the toilet.
Which was redesigned for the shuttle, to the scratching of astronaut heads.
And again for the ISS.
And now again for Artemis, apparently.
One might think that particular drawing board had worn out by now.
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>being able to pee and poop simultaneously
I have not thought about separating the two tasks until this was mentioned. Imagine trying to poop in space but not letting out a little bit of pee out by accident, otherwise it’ll just going to float around and get everywhere.
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The article quotes Melissa McKinley, NASA’s project manager for the new toilet system. She, along with Jim Fuller of Collins Aerospace (who developed the toilet) did an AMA five years ago.
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At least no floating turds this time like Apollo
Not even joking when I say that not shitting in a plastic bag in front of the rest of the crew is one of the greatest improvements of Artemis over Apollo.
My 5 year old was asking me about where the astronauts will poop so this is actually useful to know!
*When astronauts first made their way to the moon, they did so without a toilet. The Apollo program’s system of plastic bags and funnels was so unwieldy and messy that crew members found it “objectionable” and “distasteful,” according to a subsequent NASA report. But now, more than a half century since the last crewed lunar voyages and their toilet troubles, the four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission will take flight with a more commodious bathroom in tow.*
10/10 use of commodious
With no lander to stretch their legs in during the trip, are the astronauts in their seats for the whole 10 days?
“A more commodious bathroom”…the puns in this article are on-point
When Skylab was A Thing the only part that was rated as a 100% success was the toilet.
Which was redesigned for the shuttle, to the scratching of astronaut heads.
And again for the ISS.
And now again for Artemis, apparently.
One might think that particular drawing board had worn out by now.
>being able to pee and poop simultaneously
I have not thought about separating the two tasks until this was mentioned. Imagine trying to poop in space but not letting out a little bit of pee out by accident, otherwise it’ll just going to float around and get everywhere.
The article quotes Melissa McKinley, NASA’s project manager for the new toilet system. She, along with Jim Fuller of Collins Aerospace (who developed the toilet) did an AMA five years ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/izkyx6/we_designed_and_developed_the_new_space_toilet/
Manually mixing in germicide for every poop must have been a fun time
There were no bathrooms on the Enterprise either. They used there phasers.
I’m just here for Wolowitz jokes..
Why can’t they just make the toilet spin to create enough g for a 2001 Flushes Space Odyssey?
Was it designed by Howard Wolowitz?
Go in the air lock. Bosh.
Here’s an [image of the bathroom](https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/eab7f0717e90.jpeg) and its location inside the spacecraft.
Pushing out grumpys on a space toilet is the pinnacle of human endeavor.
They werent happy with number 1 so they went with number 2?…
Ill show myself out now