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Comes with toilet paper, sani-wipes etc.
Eliminates the need to carry two different containers.
The "This Has Been Used" cap would be very clearly
indicative of the
current contents to avoid un-pleasant surprises.
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Space toilets are a much more complicated piece of
plumbing. |
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Heh, I just got a flash of what it would be like for plumbers in space.
Down here they say the only two things you need to remember are;
Shit runs downhill.
Don't chew your nails. |
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Up there... why you wouldn't even need a fan to hit. |
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//Space toilets are a much more complicated
piece of plumbing.// |
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I'm going to strongly resist the idea of defending this
idea, I'll just say that they didn't always have space
toilets. |
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// they didn't always have space toilets. // |
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Actually I wonder if they feed astronauts foods that cause
like 1/2 to 3/4 less poo on purpose. Nuts and foods high in
digestible protein and oil. Possibly even probiotics that
cause less frequent stools. |
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Pretty safe to say after all the other problems with
getting a man in orbit were worked out, somebody
said: "Hey, how to they go to the bathroom?" Which
was answered by "Going to the bathroom is not the
problem, it's keeping piss and shit from flying
around the spacecraft. We'll start with diapers and
get more elegant from there." |
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It's not talked about a lot. These were heroes
remember. Kind of takes away from the image
seeing them on a Huggies commercial. |
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Many people know this already but I'll repeat it.
NASA asked the astronauts the size of their
manhood so they could properly fit them with
rubber sheath to prevent leakage into the suit. The
original sizes were small, medium and large which
after a bit of consideration of the astronaut's egos
were changed to large, gigantic, and humongous. |
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It's that kind of problem solving that put us on the
Moon. |
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I'm thinking they might already consider the small
doodoo din dins no? If not that seems like a pretty
good idea. |
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The "low residue diet" is indeed used, but is only practical for a short time, after which serious problems with bowel function develop; on return to a planetary environment it's time to reload with plenty of bulky fibre to restore "normal" throughput. |
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I thought they solved that at about the same time
astronauts stopped throwing the cigarette butts out of
the windows? |
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Ironically, rocket launch pads are liberally blazoned with huge NO SMOKING
signs, and matches and lighters are forbidden; then they set fire to hundreds of tons of sometimes toxic propellants, resulting in a vast cloud of smoke and flame ... |
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