No toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers
The astronauts who will depart the International Space Station on Sunday will be stuck using diapers on the way home because of their capsule's broken toilet.
Mate, there hasn't been a Shuttle for over a decade.Squirrels on the shuttle? That's nuts.
ISS, yes. Capsule, no. Besides, it's not the toilet that's the problem, but it's plumbing.I would think toilets would be made redundant...
Thanks bilby. You just made my point. Squirrels on a shuttle, that hasn't been for a decade, is nuts.Mate, there hasn't been a Shuttle for over a decade.Squirrels on the shuttle? That's nuts.
Diapers have been standard issue uniform for astronauts, especially on liftoff, for some time now. I doubt they're all that surprised nor put out.
In February 2007, U.S. astronaut Lisa Nowak drove from Houston, Texas, to Orlando, Florida, to confront the woman who'd won the affections of an astronaut that Nowak had been involved with. Instead of having the conversation she claimed she'd wanted, Nowak was arrested for attacking the other woman. A story about the space program and an out-of-control love triangle would naturally capture attention, but the reported detail that Nowak wore diapers on her 900-mile drive in order to avoid bathroom breaks transformed the incident into irresistible fodder for tabloids and late-night talk shows alike...
An important lesson in astronaut school: Never eat a milk dud you find floating around in the capsule.There have been numerous failures with space flight and the ISS, some small some big.
Additional tip: Keep them away from patients undergoing surgery.An important lesson in astronaut school: Never eat a milk dud you find floating around in the capsule.There have been numerous failures with space flight and the ISS, some small some big.
That depends on how keen you are to walk away from the landing. Orbit isn't very far away; But it is very fast.How long is the ride back down to earth?
I thought they might jettison poop. But then imagined what it would do to a future mission, getting hit by a turd at around 20,000 mph. If that were to happen, probably best on the sunny side (splat!) rather than when it’s frozen solid, right?An important lesson in astronaut school: Never eat a milk dud you find floating around in the capsule.There have been numerous failures with space flight and the ISS, some small some big.
I thought they might jettison poop. But then imagined what it would do to a future mission, getting hit by a turd at around 20,000 mph. If that were to happen, probably best on the sunny side (splat!) rather than when it’s frozen solid, right?An important lesson in astronaut school: Never eat a milk dud you find floating around in the capsule.There have been numerous failures with space flight and the ISS, some small some big.